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November is Diabetes Month – an important time for individuals to get as much information about diabetes as they possibly can.  Communities across the country are planning events that will bring essential information to the public.

Many communities have Diabetes Expos which bring together physicians, medical experts, hospital employees, nurses – especially diabetes nurses, dieticians, health and lifestyle experts and more.  In addition, representatives from gyms, personal trainers, health department employees and community program employees, as well as any and all others who can help in the fight against diabetes.

Diabetes Month is a great time to get the information you need.  If you know someone that you care about who has diabetes, this is the time to go to one place, pick up all the information that you could ever want, ask questions of the experts and even get information for yourself.

If you are in a situation where you have a few symptoms of diabetes, such as excessive thirst, frequent urination, combined with tiredness and other symptoms, this is the time and place to find out what these symptoms mean.  Many of the events offer some tests that can assess whether an individual is pre-diabetic or has diabetes.  Some of these tests also let you know if you are not pre-diabetic or diabetic, and if there might be another health issue that you need to deal with.  Often symptoms of one health condition mimic another health condition, and by looking at one health issue and not finding that issue, lives have been saved by discovering something that can be addressed and treated immediately to stop it in its tracks.

It is heartening that we are finally in a time when diabetes is being recognized as a treatable disorder and the treatments and information avail able are plentiful.  If you could use information about diabetes, check your community calendar and check with your local hospital and local diabetes association for events coming to your area.  Most of these excellent and informative events are free.