Diabetes Support Group Meeting scheduled for September 19 at Veterans Memorial Hospital

The Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Diabetes Support Group will hold its next meeting Thursday, September 19 at 10 a.m.   The meeting will be held at Veterans Memorial Hospital in the Large Conference Room, located on the lower level of the hospital.

This month the topic will be “The Blood Sugar Roller-Coaster”. Lyvia Hosch, Pharmacist at Veterans Memorial Hospital who cares for inpatients as well as outpatients through infusion therapy, coagulation and chemotherapy, will be leading the discussion. She will review the countless factors that affect blood sugars throughout the day, and teach even more factors that may affect it that they may not have known. They will also be discussing healthy grilling and sharing easy chicken marinades with low sodium and carbohydrates.

This diabetes class is open to everyone who has diabetes or who has a friend or loved one with diabetes. For more information on the Diabetes Support Group, call Angie Mettille, RN, Diabetes Educator, at Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.