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Diabetes - Living With It

Living with diabetes is a challenge.  It requires learning how to take care of yourself and your diabetes so you can live well.  The MCMH Diabetes Education Center offers a seminar entitled “Diabetes-Living With It” to help you learn self-care skills, independence  and lifestyle changes that can make a real difference in how you feel every day. In recent years, more has been discovered about diabetes than we have ever known before.  By working with a physician, nurse and dietitian you will learn what you need to know to live well with your diabetes. You are welcome to bring a support person to class with you.

Individualized Care For Your Needs…

Personalized sessions can be conducted, as needed, on meal planning, weight loss, blood glucose monitoring and insulin administration.  Call for an appointment.

Living smarter, feeling better.

The members of the MCMH Diabetes Education Center staff follow a team  approach to help you live well with diabetes.  Through education and  lifestyle changes,  you can successfully manage your diabetes. We know managing your  diabetes is the key to living smarter and feeling better every day.

Diabetes is a disease that requires teamwork between you, your physician and other health care providers.  To be a valuable member of this team, you will need to know about diabetes and how it can be controlled. 

Program Objectives:

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

· Define diabetes in terms of own disease process.

· Identify the relationship among nutrition, exercise, medication, and blood glucose levels.

· Demonstrate how to plan appropriate meals from a prescribed meal plan.

· Describe effects of exercise on glucose levels and related conceps to personal exercise routine.

· Verbalize need for special personal hygiene methods.

· Demonstrate how to select appropriate foods from a restaurant.

· Identify methods to minimize and control complications.

· Verbalize the benefits and risks of managing diabetes successfully on a daily basis

It’s your life, live it well!

To enroll in these classes, or for more information on costs, please call (712) 623-7201

Class size is limited. All classes are held at Montgomery County Memorial Hospital.