My mother was just diagnosed. However my sisters and I think she has been diabetic for quite some time now. She is in a huge state of denial. Anyway she recently went to the doctor and he said she was diabetic and that they were not going to put her on any medication that she could control it with diet alone. There was no mention of her being on medication as of yet. Maybe if the numbers go higher and the diet is obviously not working I would assume they would put my mother on medication. She goes back to the doctor at the end of the month. She doesn't test at all, but I assume she will be tested when she does go back. She has switched some of the things she eats so hopefully this will help keep her numbers down.