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DON'T LET DIABETES BREAK YOU DOWN!

A Free Diabetes Management Program For

Men And Their Families

Your Body Requires Maintenance Just Like Your Car


The Diabetes Garage℠ Offers a Series of 4 Weekly Workshops

Week 1: Diabetes Management

  • Features of your Body and Diabetes
  • Starting and Operating your Body and Diabetes
  • Check Your Gauges (Signs & Symptoms)

1 Hour Health Assessment

2 Hour Workshop


(5pm-8pm)

Week 2: Living Well With Diabetes

  • Using All Your Gears--Importance of Physical Activity
  • Full Throttle (Stress Management)

2 Hour Workshop


(6pm-8pm)

Week 3: Maintenance and Prevention

  • Tools to Keep your Battery Charged (Medication Use)
  • Catastrophic Failure (Diabetes Complications)
  • Tune ups/inspections (Visiting your doctor)

2 Hour Workshop


(6pm-8pm)

Week 4: Eating Well with Diabetes

  • High-Performance Fuel (Nutrition)
  • Graduation Lunch or Dinner (Family & Friends Invited)

1 Hour Health Assessment

2 Hour Workshop


(5pm-8pm)

Register for Free Workshops here
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WHAT IS THE DIABETES GARAGE

  • Four, 2-hour, weekly workshops that use auto maintenance comparisons to better explain diabetes management to men
  • When diagnosed with diabetes, most people seek help and are given a lot of information about how to manage the disease.
  • Workshops help men organize information in a way that fits their daily lives.
  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention states, "People with diabetes are living longer, healthier lives with fewer complications. What's the driving force? Greater awareness and better management of risk factors."
  • "OPEN GARAGE" sessions where men can ask a diabetes educator about diabetes management.

Receive a FREE diabetes care toolbox when completing our workshops.

*Disclaimer: Toolbox contents may vary

Toolbox

CHECK YOUR HEALTH AND GAUGES DAILY

Speedometer

HOW TO READ YOUR GAUGES

Drop

BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS:

  • Fasting: 80-130mg/dl
  • 2 hours after meals: Less than 180 mg/dl.
Run

MILEAGE:

  • Recommended goal: 10,000 steps a day (five miles).
Stress

STRESS:

  • Stress adds wear and tear to the body.
  • Keep stress to a minimum.
  • Identify stressors.
  • Find positive and healthy ways to cope.
Plate

FUEL:

  • Three balanced meals per day at four-to-five hour intervals.
  • Six to eight glasses of water a day.
Pill

MEDICINE CHARGE:

  • Know when and how to take medications.
  • Take medication as directed.
Heart

BLOOD PRESSURE:

  • Healthy blood pressure: at or below 120/80.
  • High blood pressure: 130/80 or higher