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Message: <blockquote data-quote="coby" data-source="post: 1246932" data-attributes="member: 258524">After eight months since diagnosis of  Type 2 diabetes  .... and a lot of deliberations ... I have,today, received my Codefree meter.I know that it will probably be days (if not weeks) before I build up the confidence to try it.I know I really have to push myself to use the thing ... I'm terrible with all things new, that are to do with my health.My Metformin lay untouched in the box for a  whole fortnight before I worked up the confidence to start on them, and there's an unopened box of Ketone sticks, together with sample bottles in a drawer ... that my doctor gave to me three weeks ago.I ask myself "Is this because I'm not accepting this condition, or is it just my total lack of confidence?"I have three diabetic cook books but I've not cooked a single thing.Every time I venture on to this site I find my head just swirls around, trying to digest the info on here (and usually failing)Am I the only lost cause?How do other people find the confidence?I'm alone, with a daughter who has Aspergers (which means she cannot mix or go out socially) and I do practically everything for her, and a mother who is in her 90's, immobile, almost deaf & blind, and relies on me, so I am at her house every morning until after I've cooked and cleared away her midday meal.I am support to them both, but have no support for 'me' and I hope that won't come across as self-pity. I am just clarifying things.Does anyone think this is why I find my diagnosis such a strain to accept and deal with and I'd so love to know I'm not the only one who struggles</blockquote>

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