Wake up call about diabeties.?

I got very ill a while back, i had fell in my home almost 2 years ago, after that i had pain develop in my lower, back, back of thigh, and back leg down to my foot, at the time i did not know what it was, the pain became horrific, after about 6 to 8 months i was having numbing, stinging, sharp, ichy pains in the soles of my feet and toes only i could not set, i could not stand, and if i got in bed it was 30 mins i decided to go to doctor he examines me good heard my symtoms and told me i most likely had sciatica nerve damages that all my symtoms fit the pain, i am over weight i know this, he told me that diabeties, also can contribute to same such pain whice i could easly develope over some time from this same problem due to nerve damage/ poor circulation and a host of other health problems that was my wake up call! i knew i always felt sluggishm weak, sleepy, and had know energy to get from bed , and clean my home do anything even cook food for my husband, my mother had diebeties i saw how are feet turned blackish purple, from poor circulation, and how she suffered so badly itchy dried skin, thinning hair, nausea, and a host of other elements so here few years back my eldest sister have now been diagnosed also and her son, iam so scared so i started a diet plan for my self i now have cut out fatty foods, no sweets, no suger are grease, nothing fried, no dairy products whice they say dairy products are the worst enemy of diabetics( like ice cream) etc,, i dont drink alcohol, are smoke i stopped eating eggs whice i loved fried egges in the morning and ered toast and gl of milk now i eat in the morning one piece of dried toast, and a egg white only not the yellow part of the egg any more i try drink 8 fliud oz oF water every hour as indicated no juice any more cause beleive it are not juice ARE not good for a diabetic at all i have cut my diet down to about 900 calories aday i have for lunch one small peice of chicken , green salad fresh fruits and same for dinner cause eating to much junk foods and just plan eating to much over works the kidneys whice will make the not work properly when do i out to eat i choose small portions if the right foods to eat you can train your self to eat healthy and eat small portions also i just decided i did not wont to be like my mother she loved to eat and she would not give it up but i still loved my mother so much, but if u ever seen some one suffer with the desease you will change also. also should make a good excercise plan even as simply as walking for 30 to min to 1 hour is good help circulation also my husband is into yoga so each day we do yoga and i do some sort of spine excercise in the beginning its torture but later u will be happy you did it to helps u bend easy. so the reason i am writing all this infromation here is to get to people thats also had a wake up call and is trying to change their lifes so if anyone knows any forums online dealing with weight lost/ diabeties please send your information to me would be gladly appreciated right now i weight about 220 my goal is to start with losing about 45 pounds so would be helpful to have someone on my side on here i can talk with cause dieting is not easy ecspecially when ur giving up all your favorites and i use to enjoyin eating its so hard makes u want to cry but i am determine and my husband supports me also 100% anyone esle have any similer stories please dont hesistate to share i need all the encouragement i can muster, thanks so much will be looking forward to reading some good comments, and some more stories like mine wheither it be male are female all welcomed thanks and a GOD BLESS!.