Brattleboro Memorial Hospital offers a Diabetes Education and Counseling Services Program to give you the support you need to gain control over your condition. Our team of health experts consists of a certified diabetic educator, a registered dietitian and a physician who serves as a medical consultant, all of who work with your physician to develop an individualized plan: one which you can live with and one that fits your lifestyle. BMH now also has an endocrinologist on staff, available for consultation. (Click here for more information on Margaret Ferry, MD.)

All of the educational sessions in the BMH Diabetes Program are based on the standard of care set by the American Diabetes Association. Our educational sessions may include the following information:

• general information on diabetes
• coping with a chronic condition
• complications of diabetes and how to avoid them
• nutrition and meal planning
• exercise guidelines
• blood glucose monitoring techniques
• use of medications: insulin and oral drugs
• healthy travel
• managing sick days
• weight control
• handling hypoglycemia
• insulin pump therapy
• glucose sensing

Instructions may be given individually or in small groups. Physician referral is required for individual sessions. In addition, we encourage all our patients to invite their families and/or significant others to join them for the educational sessions.

For information about our next Diabetes Education Class, or if you have additional questions, please contact us at (802) 251-8429 or e-mail us at hsmith@bmhvt.org.