Living Well With Diabetes

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What: Living Well With Diabetes

When: Monday, October 4 & Monday, October 11, 6p.m. – 8p.m.

Where: Mercy Medical Center’s Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine Center, 1950 Rosaline Ave, Suite A.

Cost: Free, but space is limited so pre-registration is required.

Register by calling (530) 24-MERCY/246-3729 or getting online at redding.mercy.org

REDDING, Calif. – – Join Mercy Medical Center Redding’s Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine Center and the Mercy Heart Center for classes designed to provide a comprehensive overview of diabetes. These classes are for diabetics, their families and other interested individuals. A range of topics will be discussed during the session including:

· Blood glucose monitoring

· Complications of high and low blood sugar

· How diabetes affects the body

· Symptoms

· Foot care

· Medications

· Meal Planning

Course Coordinators- Diabetic Educator Tammy Fuller, RN & Paige Jones, RD

4 CE’s available for nursing (attendance at both Monday classes is mandatory for credit)

-from Mercy Medical Center press release

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