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-8:30pm)
El Paso (Mountain Standard Time)
February 2023 (ENGLISH) 6pm – 8pm
Tuesdays 7, 14, 21, 28
May 2023 (SPANISH) 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Tuesdays 9, 16, 23, 30
Harlingen (Central Daylight Time)
March 2023 (SPANISH) 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Thursdays 9, 16, 23, 30
For Location of Each Workshop:
Call: 915-747-8377
Email: diabetesgarage@utep.edu
WHAT IS THE DIABETES GARAGE?
Diabetes Garage are 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 information about how to manage the disease. The Diabetes Garage is a place that also helps men organize all that information in a way that fits their daily lives. The Diabetes Garage offers men services of four 2-hour weekly workshops.
Receive a Free diabetes care toolbox
when completing our workshops
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.
CHECK YOUR HEALTH AND GAUGES DAILY
HOW TO READ YOUR GAUGES
BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS:
- Fasting: 80-130mg/dl
- 2 hours after meals: Less than 180 mg/dl.
MILEAGE:
- Recommended goal: 10,000 steps a day (five miles).
STRESS:
- Stress adds wear and tear to the body.
- Keep stress to a minimum.
- Identify stressors.
- Find positive and healthy ways to cope.
FUEL:
- Three balanced meals per day at four-to-five hour intervals.
- Six to eight glasses of water a day.
MEDICINE CHARGE:
- Know when and how to take medications.
- Take medication as directed.
BLOOD PRESSURE:
- Healthy blood pressure: at or below 120/80.
- High blood pressure: 130/80 or higher
Download Our Informational Pamphlets and Watch Our Videos
Diabetes & Eye Disease
Diabetes & Sex
World Diabetes Day: A1C Levels and The Diabetes Garage
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