Receiving a diagnosis of Type II Diabetes can cause very different responses and reactions. There are around 10,000 people that are diagnosed with this serious condition in the United States each year, so remember you are not alone.

One of the first reactions from many people is to feel angry. They are angry to think that this disease could have entered into their lives and be a threat to the future they had all nicely planned out. The cry of “Why me?” can be frequently heard. Unfortunately as anger can be a very destructive emotion as well as a powerful force for good, you need to understand why you are so angry and then put this towards fighting diabetes, rather than using it against the disease itself. To comment that you hate the disease or want nothing to do with it, is not really going to help, although it is a natural reaction.

Another very common reaction to being told you are Type II Diabetic is pure denial. This happens particularly when the diagnosis has been made in the early stages of the disease when the symptoms may be particularly mild.

Type II diabetes will usually progress quite slowly, so if you go into denial it will not cause too much of a problem, and your medical team will often be quite happy to let you get used to the idea for a while anyway.

Denial will only really become a problem if it continues, and you try to carry on with your life in the same old way as before. Failure to accept the fact you have diabetes and therefore not to accept any treatment can and does lead to very serious complications.

From the very first day on which you are given your diagnoses of Diabetes, it is imperative to learn how to control your disease and to understand what your blood glucose levels mean to your diabetes. You will be advised when you first receive your diagnosis about the meter that you will need to use to keep a daily (or however often you have been advised) check on your sugar levels.

One of the easiest Blood Glucose Meters to use is the Accu-Chek Advantage – this will automatically turn on as soon as your testing strip has been inserted, which is much easier than some of the other available meters, which necessitate you pushing the strip in the machine in a certain way before the reading will commence. The Accu Chek Advantage is also able to store 480 readings, so you will easily be able to inform your diabetes care team of your readings, and the time and date they were taken. The Advantage Blood Glucose Meter will also enable you to download the readings onto your computer with the pc download kit which is available separately.

Something simple like making sure that you buy the appropriate blood glucose meter will make your life much easier, as this will quickly become just another part of your routine, and it really will not take very long at all to get the necessary readings so that you, and your medical team, can keep a check on your sugar levels.

Diabetes will not just disappear, and you really do need to accept this fact and begin to work with your medical team to learn how to control the disease.

Remember that you need to learn to manage the disease, and not let the disease manage you.

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