Diabetes Education
The Mary & Dick Allen Diabetes Center provides expert care, education,
and support services to help manage your diabetes. In our diabetes self-management
education classes (DSME) participants learn to live successfully with
diabetes by managing diet, physical activity and medications.
We cover various topics including:
- Exercise guidelines
- Medication management
- How to monitor blood glucose
- Insulin instruction and pump training
- Meal planning / weight management
- Specialized programs for pregnant women
- Dining out
- Sick-day guidelines
- Carbohydrate counting
We also provide specialized education of diabetes nutrition-related topics
through our individualized medical nutrition therapy (MNT) program. Registered
dietitians work directly with patients to help them learn carbohydrate
counting, nutrition management while traveling or dining out, and how
to create healthy meal plans.
Certified diabetes educators also assist provide instruction and support
for patients using insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring sensors
(CGMS) to help manage their diabetes.
Schedule your appointment today to receive state-of-the-art therapy for
your diabetes. Our dedicated nurses and dietitians are available to help
you take control of your diabetes!
For health education classes, medical nutrition therapy, insulin instruction,
or medical consultation by an endocrinologist, please have your healthcare
provider complete
this form.