| Barry,
Welcome to the forum. You are right, with high readings like that it is very likely you have some form of diabetes. It is certainly scary, however keep things in context. With appropriate changes to your lifestyle such as diet and exercise and a variety of medications, you can manage your diabetes to live a reasonably normal life. In the coming months you will go through some real changes. You may be angry over this or depressed. That is normal. Try to involve others in helping you through this.
Although you are seeing a doctor, I would also recommend that you ask your doctor for a referral to a diabetes education center. You may only get 15 minutes with the doctor and you will have a greater need to discuss this with professionals. A diabetes education center will have certified diabetes educators, nurses and dieticians who can help you. Being so close to Boston, you can be assured that there are a fair number of outstanding centers available.
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...brian
T2 since 7/05. 48 yrs. 5'11 195 lbs.
Exercise, very low carb diet
HbA1c 9/07 - 6.3%, 3/08 - 6.2%, 6/08 - 6.2% | 
