Your diabetes care team will help you, but day-to-day diabetes care is up to you.

That care includes:

• Choosing what, how much, and when to eat
• Getting physically active
• Taking medicine (if your doctor prescribes it)
• Checking your blood glucose - the main sugar found in the blood and the body's main source of energy. Also called blood sugar - if your doctor prescribes it.
• Going to your appointments
• Learning all you can about diabetes