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For your diabetes care, you may see your primary care doctor or a specialist 2 to 4 times a year. Here are some of the regular exams and tests recommended for people with diabetes.

Having diabetes may mean adjustments at work and in your social life. But these changes need not keep you from succeeding at work and enjoying your leisure time.

Your health care provider prescribed a type of medicine therapy for you called chemotherapy. This sheet provides general guidelines on how you can take care of yourself after your chemotherapy.

Learn more about the A1C blood test and how it can help you manage your diabetes.

Use this sheet to help you remember how to place your child's NG tube when you get home.

Your child is going home with either a gastrostomy tube (G- tube) or a gastro-jejunum tube (G-J tube) in place. You’ll need to feed your child through this tube. You were shown how to do this before your child was discharged from the hospital. This sheet will help you remember those steps at home.

Your child is going home with a gastrostomy tube (G-tube) or gastro-jejunum tube (G-J tube) in place. This sheet can help you remember how to flush your child's tube when you and your child are at home.

Your child is going home with a gastrostomy tube (G-tube) in place. The tube is placed through the abdominal wall into your child's stomach. It has a balloon filled with water on the end inside the stomach. The balloon keeps the tube in place. You must check the balloon regularly. This is to make sure it holds the amount of water prescribed by your child's health care provider. Here are instructions to help you remember the steps at home.

Your child is going home with either a G-tube or a G-J tube in place. This sheet will help you remember the steps to take for feeding your child through this tube at home.