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Be Proactive about Your Care - Part 2
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Proper care of patients with diabetes requires a comprehensive management plan. The American Diabetes Association recommends that you review the following items from your management plan with your doctor at your follow-up visits to determine progress in meeting your goals and to identify any problems:
- Short-term and long-term goals
- Medications
- Glycemia
- Frequency/severity of hypoglycemia
- Results from self-monitoring of blood glucose
- Complications
- Control of high cholesterol levels
- Blood pressure
- Weight
- Diet and nutrition
- Exercise regimen
- Any necessary referrals
- Psychosocial adjustment
- Knowledge of diabetes
- Self-management skills
- Smoking cessation, if indicated
Print this out and take it with you to your next appointment. Let your healthcare provider know that you are actively involved in self-management of your diabetes and expect to receive the recommended care.
Source: ADA. Standards of Medical Care for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus. Clinical Practice Recommendations 2000.
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