ACCHD regularly teams up with the Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Office in Angelina County to offer free or low-cost classes on managing Type 2 diabetes.

The next set of classes covers Cooking Well with Diabetes, and it will run August 11, 18 and 25. You can find more information HERE or in the image below. Linked below is also the registration form and scholarship application. If you have any questions, contact ACCHD's Ann Watson, RN and Public Health Nurse Educator, at awatson@acchd.us or (936) 633-0629, or Texas A&M Agrilife Extension's Joel Redus, MS, RDN, LD at joel.redus@ag.tamu.edu or (936) 634-6414, x1.

Registration Form - Cooking Well with Diabetes
Scholarship Application - Cooking Well with Diabetes

A second round of Do Well, Be Well with Diabetes classes for 2023 will run October 12, 19 and 26. Details for those classes can be found HERE or in the images below. Linked below is also the scholarship application. If you have any questions, contact ACCHD's Ann Watson, RN and Public Health Nurse Educator, at awatson@acchd.us or (936) 633-0629, or Texas A&M Agrilife Extension's Joel Redus, MS, RDN, LD at joel.redus@ag.tamu.edu or (936) 634-6414, x1.

Registration Form - Do Well, Be Well with Diabetes
Scholarship Application - Do Well, Be Well with Diabetes

If you have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, a family history of diabetes, or you are of African American, Asian-American, Hispanic, Native American or Pacific Islander descent, it’s important to be tested for diabetes. Many people with diabetes don’t develop any symptoms, or they develop them so slowly they go unnoticed. Warning signs for diabetes include increased thirst and appetite, fatigue, frequent urination, weight loss, blurred vision, and lesions that don’t heal.

If you’re diagnosed with diabetes, you’ll have to regularly monitor your blood sugar level. Keeping a log is very important, because it gives your health care provider a good understanding of how your body is responding to the treatment plan. Ask your health care provider if you should be using a home monitor, and if so, find out what numbers are too high or too low for you, and find out what to do if your numbers fall outside of that safe range.

If you need help and education with diabetes, we can help find the right program for you and we can get you answers fast by providing individualized assistance with applications, eligibility screening, and documentation. Visit our Angelina County Connects location at 503 Hill Street, Lufkin or call (936) 633-1442.