Michelle Hoppman, a Registered Dietician & Licensed Diabetes Educator  at Trinity Health informed us that November is Diabetes Awareness Month. There are three types of diabetes:
Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and young adults, and was previously known as juvenile diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin.
Gestational diabetes. Pregnant women who have never had diabetes before but who have high blood sugar (glucose) levels during pregnancy are said to have gestational diabetes.

Before people develop type 2 diabetes, they almost always have "pre-diabetes" -- blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. Recent research has shown that some long-term damage to the body, especially the heart and circulatory system, may already be occurring during pre-diabetes.

According the Michelle, education is the key to diabetes management. Each of us were encouraged to "know your own numbers". One of the more important numbers involved is the self administered "sugar test' where an individual draws a sample drop of blood and let's a meter read it. Haley Kramer provided an impromptu demonstration for the group on making such a reading. OK, 'nugh said! Thanks Hally and Michelle!