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Rocky Face, GA
June 25, 2025
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The 5 Cs of diabetes management are:

1. Communication - Maintain strong communication with your healthcare team, including your primary care physician, endocrinologist, ophthalmologist, podiatrist, and diabetes educators

2. Care Team - Work with specialists including
- Endocrinologists for hormone management
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The 5 Cs of diabetes management are:

1. Communication - Maintain strong communication with your healthcare team, including your primary care physician, endocrinologist, ophthalmologist, podiatrist, and diabetes educators

2. Care Team - Work with specialists including:
- Endocrinologists for hormone management
- Ophthalmologists for eye health
- Podiatrists for foot care
- Dietitians for nutrition guidance
- Certified diabetes educators
- Fitness specialists

3. Control - Monitor and manage blood sugar levels through proper diet, exercise, and medication

4. Consistency - Follow a regular routine with medications, blood sugar testing, diet, and exercise

5. Commitment - Stay dedicated to your diabetes management plan and lifestyle modifications

June 25, 2025
A DiabetesTeam Member

For me the 5 Cs our 5 children. Our 12 grand children, our 3 great grand children, the children that are our neices and nephews. The children in our chosen families our Tribes.

Each of them and those to come are my reasons to live my best life with diabetes. I eant to be here for them and my Bride.

I don't want to take an early exit because of diabetes complications and comorbidities. My parents did that 30 and 32 years ago. It was devastating. I will not do that to my family.

So I closely control my diabetes journey. I maintain nondiabetic numbers by what I eat, and by what I don't eat.

Baby steps.

Never give up, Never surrender, Never ever.
You got this.
Have a wonderful day

1 of our grandsons, Zeke, cheering me on.

June 25, 2025 (edited)
A DiabetesTeam Member

Those are some of the best reasons for us to keep going

June 26, 2025
A DiabetesTeam Member

???? Okayyyyy ๐Ÿ™„

June 25, 2025
A DiabetesTeam Member

@ Hkc, Iโ€™m with you! Family both near and far, blood or not are the reason to always do my best. I want to see my grands get married have great grand babies and hopefully see them grow up. I want to be able to play with them, have fun and enjoy life.

June 25, 2025

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