MONROE - Ruth Charne will share her personal experiences with diabetes and taking insulin to help control her blood sugar at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, at Monroe Clinic in the New Glarus Room, first floor, hospital building.
Charne is a member of the sanofi-aventis A1C Champions Program' which is a patient led approach to diabetes education. She has diabetes and takes insulin as part of her overall diabetes treatment plan including diet, exercise and other diabetes medications. A1C Champions know first-hand the challenges of managing diabetes and the fear and uncertainty of taking insulin. They share information about diabetes self-management and insulin based on formal training and their personal experiences with diabetes.
Topics at this free event include:
• Why insulin is not a sign of failure but may help you achieve blood sugar control as part of an overall diabetes treatment plan
• Concerns about starting insulin
• Misperceptions about insulin
More information is available by contacting Carol Lancaster at 324-2166.
Charne is a member of the sanofi-aventis A1C Champions Program' which is a patient led approach to diabetes education. She has diabetes and takes insulin as part of her overall diabetes treatment plan including diet, exercise and other diabetes medications. A1C Champions know first-hand the challenges of managing diabetes and the fear and uncertainty of taking insulin. They share information about diabetes self-management and insulin based on formal training and their personal experiences with diabetes.
Topics at this free event include:
• Why insulin is not a sign of failure but may help you achieve blood sugar control as part of an overall diabetes treatment plan
• Concerns about starting insulin
• Misperceptions about insulin
More information is available by contacting Carol Lancaster at 324-2166.
