After having spent 5 days down in Saint George, I am now a full fledged Chronic Disease Self-management teacher.
I learned a lot in these classes, and how you can control your disease, even if sometimes you feel so overcome by it, you don’t know what to do. You may have a disease, but the disease doesn’t control you, you control it. I heard somebody saying that diabetics don’t like to be called “diabetics” because they aren’t defined by their disease. Rather, they have diabetes. It puts things very much into perspective. I am excited to be able to teach people who have chronic diseases and conditions, and not only teach them, but learn from them as well.
For more information about Chronic Disease Self-Management classes and training, visit the Utah Department of Health.
