I'm a type-2 diabetic also, and it runs in my family. When I was diagnosed, I considered how my mom managed hers, and lived to 91, and how my aunts and uncle didn't manage theirs, and died in their 70s. I decided that I want to squeeze every day I can out of life. I'm down 80+ pounds, ride on average 150 miles a week, and my a1c was 5.6 the last time I had labs done. Fasting glucose in the mornings is almost always between 80 and 95.