Type 2 diabetes, although a lifelong condition, need not be life threatening or "anything" threatening.
Instead, it could be thought of as a dramatic condition creeping up on you when you are totally unsuspecting.
It brings along with it symptoms such as:

• memory loss
• hunger even after eating a substantial meal
• reduced sleep quality
• declining concentration levels
• urination frequency which occurs during the day or night

By the time you visit your health care provider and discover you have high blood sugar levels, your weight has increased considerably, especially around your abdominal area.
Your waist measurement is now in excess of 40 inches (100 cms).
The drama of type 2 diabetes comes in when the complications of the condition become obvious.
For example, high blood sugar levels can damage five parts of your eyes.
Changes in your bloodstream and blood pressure can weaken or damage the vessels and structures within your eyes.
Glaucoma, cataracts, retinopathy and macular degeneration are eye problems seen in people with diabetes.
Neuropathy, or nerve damage, is another of the chronic complications of type 2 diabetes...
nerve damage can change the way a body part functions, and its structure.
There is no set time frame for when nerve damage will appear...
it is due to blood sugar levels staying high for long periods of time.
Sometimes you start to notice changes in particular parts of your body; usually your feet are affected first.
Sexual function can also be diminished due to neuropathy.
Men who have type 2 diabetes will, as a rule, suffer from erectile dysfunction a good ten to 15 years before their non-diabetic counterparts.
More than 50% of diabetics over the age of 50 will experience erectile dysfunction.
Sexual dysfunction, in the form of lack of sex drive, can also result from being depressed or anxious from receiving the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
No matter how sexual dysfunction came about there are treatments available.
The first step for the diabetic male is:

• to talk to your health care practitioner.
  Although your sexual history is part of your medical history you will need to be the one to bring it to his attention.
  Type 2 diabetes can cause physical changes in all parts of your body.
  If you partner has diabetes it can affect her sexual function as well

Then work on:

• reducing your blood sugar levels.
  High levels will likely cause more damage to occur.
  Your HbA1c level is the real evidence of how much damage has occurred in your body.
  Try to keep your HbA1c to less than 6%.
  The lower your HbA1c and your blood sugar levels, the greater your sexual function
• folllow a healthy eating plan that includes mostly fruit and vegetables with a low glycemic index
• increase your physical exercise to 30 minutes at least five times a week

If you are taking blood pressure medications, check with your health care provider they are not contributing to your erectile dysfunction...
check with your pharmacist about side effects with any new prescritpion you may be given.