It is complicated. I was diagnosed Type 2 two years ago after a blood sugar test showed 8.3. I am not on any medication, I don't follow a diet regime, I eat and drink as I always have done and every blood test since then has shown a reading of between 5.0 and 5.5, which I understand to be well below the level at which one becomes a diabetic, so how am I still classed as such? Can the condition cure itself? I know I am very fortunate; I lived with my mother for 30 years who was Type 1 and had to inject insulin twice a day so I am aware of the limitations placed on many patients. My mother too would not follow a diet regime, but in her case the consequences were more drastic. I learnt to spot the warning signs and force heavily-sugared tea down her, but on more than one occasion I have come home from work only to have to ring the doctor for a glucose injection as she had lapsed into unconsciousness.