Where to Get More Help With Your Diabetes: April 2005

About Getting Help With Diabetes

This site contains information from government publications about getting help with your diabetes that have been reformatted and reorganized. There are numerous links to the original documents.

The goal is to make the information easier to find and to allow the sharing of information between users.

This is a very big undertaking and you can help me help others. Please add your comments or questions to any topic that concerns you. If you know of additional resources please include links to them.

People Who Can Help You With Diabetes

People Who Can Help You With Diabetes: Your doctor

He or she may be your doctor at the clinic where you go for health care, your family doctor, or someone who has special training in caring for people with diabetes. A doctor with that kind of special training is called an endocrinologist or diabetologist.

You'll talk with your doctor about what kind of medicine you need and how much you should take. You'll also agree on a target blood glucose range and blood pressure and cholesterol targets. Your doctor will do tests to be sure that your blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol are staying on track and that you're staying healthy. Ask your doctor if you should take aspirin every day to help prevent heart disease.

source: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/type1and2/help.htm

People Who Can Help You With Diabetes: Your diabetes educator

A diabetes educator may be a nurse, a dietitian, or another kind of health care worker. Diabetes educators teach you about meal planning, diabetes medicines, physical activity, how to check your blood glucose, and how to fit diabetes care into your everyday life.

source: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/type1and2/help.htm

People Who Can Help You With Diabetes: Your family and friends

Taking care of your diabetes is a daily job. You may need help or support from your family or friends. You may want to bring a family member or close friend with you when you visit your doctor or diabetes educator. Taking good care of your diabetes can sometimes be a family affair!

source: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/type1and2/help.htm

People Who Can Help You With Diabetes: A counselor or mental health worker

You might feel sad about having diabetes or get tired of taking care of yourself. Or you might be having problems because of work, school, or family. If diabetes makes you feel sad or angry or if you have other problems that make you feel bad, you can talk to a counselor or mental health worker. Your doctor or diabetes educator can help you find a counselor if you need one.

source: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/type1and2/help.htm

Organizations That Can Help You With Diabetes

How to find a diabetes educator

To find a diabetes educator near you, call the American Association of Diabetes Educators toll-free at 1–800–832–6874, or look on the Internet at www.diabeteseducator.org and click on "Find a Diabetes Educator."

source: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/type1and2/help.htm

How to find a diabetes dietitian

To find a dietitian near you, call the American Dietetic Association toll-free at 1–800–366–1655, or look on the Internet at www.eatright.org and click on "Find a Dietitian."

source: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/type1and2/help.htm

How to find programs about diabetes

To find programs about diabetes or for additional information, contact

American Diabetes Association
1701 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311
Phone: 1–800–342–2383
Internet: www.diabetes.org

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
120 Wall Street, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Phone: 1–800–533–2873
Internet: www.jdrf.org

Both these organizations have magazines and other information for people with diabetes.

They also have local groups in many places where you can meet other people who have diabetes.

source: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/type1and2/help.htm

How to get more information about diabetes

To get more information about taking care of diabetes, contact

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
1 Information Way
Bethesda, MD 20892–3560
Phone: 1–800–860–8747
Fax: 703–738–4929
Email: ndic@info.niddk.nih.gov
Internet: www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov

National Diabetes Education Program
1 Diabetes Way
Bethesda, MD 20892–3600
Phone: 1–800–438–5383
Fax: 703–738–4929
Internet: http://ndep.nih.gov

source: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/type1and2/help.htm

Where to Get More Help With Your Diabetes

Tuesday, April 12, 2005