| When I was first DX'd the emergancey room refered me to our Diabetic Clinic here. I highly recommend a diabetes education center/clinic. The 1 on 1 counseling helped some. But the nutritionist was a true God send. She didn't give me some generic, one size fits all eatting plan. She taught me how to read lables and showed me portion sizes using "real" food, it was made of rubber...LOL She then asked me my favorite foods and what foods my whole family ate and how I ate. She then took that information and made a plan tailored to me and my family. Personnaly, I highly recommend it. Even though my mom and dad have diabeties I still learned tons.
Yeah, $540 is a lot and I know we couldn't afford that. I got lucky and my insureance covered mine. However, my clinic has a "charity care" fund. They will bust their butts to help anyone get funding to cover the cost. Check and see if your class has a help with funding program.
__________________  Diabetic Diva!!! | 
