Blood sugars are faxed every other day. She also gives patients her pager and cell phone numbers so they can call her anytime they have a question or a problem. If something happens, you go back and figure out why it happened so you can prevent it from happening again. There are no time limits for patients at the Diabetes Center. We don't educate you and send you out there on your own.
Patients can come back anytime for support after the initial therapy.
Besides being the program's first patient, Schwalm is also the first patient to be put on the continuous glucose monitoring sensor, which automatically monitors blood sugars every five minutes for up to three days. Right now, I'm relying on Audrey and Dr. Wong to tell me what changes I need to make. Having a support team has made a big difference. I never had that before. Schwalm will eventually learn to make those adjustments on her own.