Topic Descriptions

Getting High-Quality Medical Support

This area helps you optimize the quality of care you can receive from health professionals whether you already have a caregiver you like and see regularly or if you need to find someone you feel confident about.

Monitoring Diabetes Effectively

Knowing the importance of tracking blood glucose and A1C is a good beginning. Many people already know this. This program helps you identify actions—unique to your circumstances— that can help you protect your health in the best ways possible.

Getting the Most From Your Medications

Over time many people experience problems taking their medications as prescribed. Managing diabetes often involves controlling blood pressure and cholesterol in addition to blood glucose. This can get complex. This program may help you find new ways to get the most out of your medications over the long haul. You can also find information on emerging diabetes medications.

Succeeding With Lifestyle Changes

Weight loss, eating to manage diabetes, physical activity, quitting smoking and other lifestyle areas can have an impact on diabetes. You can select areas relevant to you and develop specific actions to take.

Recognizing and Responding to High-Risk Situations

Some people with type 2 diabetes have elevated risks for angina, stroke, TIAs, heart attacks and hypoglycemia. Understanding the warning signs of these serious conditions and what to do can be of particular importance.

Preventing and Managing Complications

Over time type 2 diabetes can affect your eyes, nerves, kidneys, feet and other parts of your body. You will find detailed information on diabetes related complications, how they develop, what you can do to monitor your personal risk, possibly preventing or delaying complications, and how to manage any complications you experience.

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Get help managing Type 2 Diabetes at a very low cost.

The Helping You Manage Type 2 Diabetes program is a high-quality, evidence-based program that gives you insights into practical things you can do to protect your health. We chose to offer this at a low price to help eliminate price as a barrier to trying this program. We figure that people achieving success may encourage friends or family members to take advantage of the program.

The cost to complete your personal assessment and receive an individualized report is $10.50. For no additional cost, you have the option to provide your doctor or other caregiver with a companion report to help him or her support you. You also receive an 86 page planning guide with supplemental information to help you succeed in optimizing your health.

Your employer/insurer may be providing the program to you at a discount or no cost. How?

Some employers and insurers provide this program to employees at a discount or no cost. If your employer or insurer does this, they will have provided you with a code to use when you start the program. If you do not have a discount code, you can check with your employer or insurer.

Information for organizations about participating in a discount program.