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)
El Paso (Mountain Standard Time)
August 2023 (ENGLISH) 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Tuesdays 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th
October/November 2023 (SPANISH) 6:00pm – 8:00pm
October: Tuesdays 17th, 24th — November: Tuesdays 7th, 14th
For Location of Each Workshop:
Call: 915-747-8377
Email: diabetesgarage@utep.edu
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