Do you have a supportive spouse or partner, someone who understands what it takes to manage diabetes and is willing to take on a major role helping you maintain good health? What kinds of communication work best for you and your spouse? Are there specific tasks that your spouse takes on, such as managing medications, helping with foot care, or searching out healthy recipes? What's the most important thing your spouse does to help you manage your diabetes?

Not at all. Refuses to believe my diagnosis.

That's pretty cut and dried! How do you handle a spouse who doesn't believe that you have diabetes?

husband is non supportive along with teenage son. It makes it really hard to do what I need to do for myself but the only ones I can depend on are a couple of friends (for support)

I have a supportive spouse but it's been a process getting to this point.

In the beginning I needed an education class which our insurance wouldn't pay for. He tried to find ways to help me get the information I needed w/o going to class. He set up an appt with a dietician for me. Well that one visit wasn't enough and she strongly reccommended the class. They said I could make payments so I went to the class. He wasn't all that happy but went along with it. He also found an education through our insurance but that isn't worth diddly. But going into that would lead to a rant rather than stay on topic so I'll leave that for another day.

Along the way I've learned just to talk to Thomas about my needs.
When it comes to supper I tell him what to fix and then I write that down.
At one time he was having a difficult understanding my food needs so I wrote my meal plan out for him and explained it.

He also has been very good about my afterwork exercise routine with made me really late getting home.
At this time work takes up a lot of my after work hours so I haven't been able to exercise much since Aug.
I've decided to use my treadmill again which he had to go pick up from my sons house and bring it back home.

As for unsupportive husbands and / children that would be a very very difficult situation to be in.
I really feel for you on that one.
My children are grown but they all are at home for 2 or more weeks in the summer.
They cook when they're at home.
That first summer was a disaster. The meals were way to high in carbs and calories. They expected me to eat eat eat and got upset when they didn't feel like I ate enough. Like I was ungrateful.
In my case like their father I educated them to my needs and summer since have been much much better.

I know that an unsupportive spouse and child can be a nightmare. I also know when they don't believe something they don't budge in their opinion or actions. I know that can be a very very lonely place to be.
You just have to do the best you can to follow your program and just hope/pray that one day things will change