Southwest Memorial Hospital hosts a free course on living with diabetes on every Thursday from Feb. 1 through March 8 at 1-3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
The self-management program, \u201cHealthier Living Colorado \u2013 Diabetes,\u201d helps participants cope with fatigue, frustration, pain and stress often associated with diabetes. It was developed at Stanford University.<\/p>\n
Anyone who is dealing with an ongoing health condition is encouraged to participate. Participants should be comfortable in a group setting. Friends and family are also encouraged to attend.<\/p>\n
The class meets once per week for six weeks. Each session is 2\u00bd hours long.<\/p>\n
Many topics are covered to assist you with your overall health and well-being including:<\/p>\n
Working with your doctor<\/em>Managing medications<\/em>Starting an exercise program<\/em>Relaxation techniques<\/em>Dealing with negative emotions<\/em>Managing symptoms<\/em>Improving communication<\/em>Tips for eating well<\/em>Setting weekly goals<\/em>Effective problem solving<\/em>For more information or to register, call Jamie Ritthaler, RN, at 970-564-2352 or email jritthaler@swhealth.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n What: Southwest Memorial Hospital hosts a free course on living with diabetes on every Thursday from Feb. 1 through March 8 at 1-3:30 p.m. The self-management program, \u201cHealthier Living Colorado \u2013 Diabetes,\u201d helps participants cope with fatigue, frustration, pain and stress often associated with diabetes. It was developed at Stanford University. Who should participate? Anyone who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[202],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-102223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-briefs"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102223"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=102223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}If you go<\/h4>\n
\n \u201cHealthier Living Colorado \u2013 Diabetes\u201d
\n When:<\/strong>
\n Every Thursday, Feb. 1 through March 8 at 1-3:30 p.m.
\n Where:<\/strong>
\n Southwest Memorial Hospital, 1311 N. Mildred Road. Use the Kiva Entrance on the west side of the hospital campus, the fourth door on the left.
\n Cost:<\/strong>
\n Free.
\n Register:<\/strong>
\n Jamie Ritthaler, RN, at 970-564-2352 or email jritthaler@swhealth.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"