Alabama
Community Diabetes Support Group
"We need the Diabetes Center here so hopefully one day we can prevent people from ever getting diabetes in the first place."
- Faye Filesteel
I was diagnosed with diabetes in 2005. My mother had diabetes and so does my son, but it wasn’t until I joined the Healthy Heart Program that I began to really understand the disease. I learned all kinds of things I never knew before, but most importantly I learned that there were things I could do to control and even reverse my diabetes. So, with the education and support of the program staff and the support from other people with diabetes in the classes, I was determined to do all I could do to take better care of myself.
I’m so thankful for the Diabetes Center. The staff is very helpful and always stays on top of things and help keep me focused. I’ve made changes to my diet and I’m eating healthier. I begin walking outside when the weather is good and use the treadmill at the Diabetes Center when the weather is bad. I enjoy the walking and I’m signed up to walk with our Healthy Heart group in the 2010 Icebreaker Marathon in Great Falls.
I’ve seen the damage that diabetes can do and I’m grateful that soon after I was diagnosed that the Diabetes Center and the Healthy Heart Program was here. I have seen such good results that my doctor told me that soon I would likely not need to take metformin anymore. I wish more people would get involved in the program before their diabetes gets out of hand.
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