My Health Counts!

Welcome! If you care about your health, you are in the right place! Thank you for taking the first step. Here, you will find personal stories, tools, and resources to help you.

 

Watch the latest program, Colorectal Cancer Screening Saves Lives!, on WNED-TV March 28th at 9 pm and on ThinkBright & Well TV April 11th at 9 pm

 

 

Find information about each episode:
		EP1: Partnering with Your Doctor Partnering with Your Doctor Create Your Personal Health Record Finding Dr. Right How to Get Copies of Your Tests & Records More Questions to Ask the Doctor
		EP2: Self-Management Wellness & Self-Management Goals & Action Planning Learn Problem Solving Steps Finding Resources & Support Finding Credible Information
		EP3: Quest for Quality Your Role in Getting Quality Care More About Quality Health Care More About Partnering with Your Doctor Where to Find Information on Quality
		EP4: Living Well with Diabetes Types of Diabetes Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Complications Guidelines for Diabetes Care Creating your Diabetes Blueprint
		EP5: Colorectal Cancer Screening Saves Lives! Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancers Symptoms and Screening Tests Treatments and Reducing Risks

Audrey's Story

“I’ve been diagnosed as a type-2 diabetic for about 20 years. There’s a history in the family on both sides. My father was a diabetic, his mother and three of his brothers. On my mother’s side, her brother and sister were also diabetics. I knew that I was very prone to diabetes.  When I was in my 20’s, they did some tests and they told me that my chances of escaping diabetes were practically zilch. I think you realize that there is a chance, but you’re always thinking, well, maybe not.”

 

“I can tell you the day that I was diagnosed.  It was after Thanksgiving. I was shopping with my cousin, and I had an unquenchable thirst. And nothing I drank helped, and I thought, I’m in trouble here. I went to the doctor the next day, and he confirmed I was diabetic. They did some blood work and, put me on medication.”

 

“It’s ironic because I am an RN, and I knew what to expect, and yet I was in denial, scared me to bits initially. I knew my chances of escaping it were practically nil, but on the other hand, over the course of time, I wasn’t doing what I should have been doing to maybe stop it or prevent the diabetes from happening as quickly as it did and as, as rapidly and severely as it was.” 

 

For more information creating your diabetes “blueprint” and becoming better at managing your diabetes like Audrey click here. 

 

Learn more about possible complications that can result from poorly controlled diabetes like Audrey did, click here.

 

Learn more about guidelines for diabetes care, click here.

 

Improve your diet like Audrey did . . .explore topics on Food & Fitness from the American Diabetes Association--including Recipes, What Can I Eat, Planning Meals, MyFoodAdvisor, Getting Motivated, Ideas for Exercise, Fitness Management, and Weight Loss.

 

For more of Audrey's Story and to read about others, click here.