About the Program

Take Charge! is an 8 week group program for people with type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetic, and/or caretaking for someone with Type 2 diabetes. The program is designed to help you manage your diabetes symptoms, tiredness, pain, and emotional issues, by helping you learn skills to better manage your diabetes day to day.

Topics include:

• Ways to deal with diabetes symptoms, fatigue, pain, hyper/hypoglycemia, stress, and emotional problems such as depression, anger, fear, and frustration.
• Exercise for maintaining and improving strength and endurance.
• Healthy eating.
• Taking medications as prescribed.
• Working more effectively with health care providers.

By registering for this class, you must be able to attend all (most) of the 8 week sessions. Session dates are:

10/6
10/13
10/20
10/27
11/3
11/10
11/17
11/30*

*Last class will be on Wednesday due to room availability