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5JULY2014BODYOFCHRISTNEWSForIwillrestorehealthuntotheeandIwillhealtheeofthywoundssaiththeLord...Jeremiah3017Thisarticleisespeciallyforthosewhoarepastorsorleadersoftheircongregationandalsomayhavenomedicaltraining.Iwouldjustliketoaddressahealthproblemthatyoucanhelpyourchurchmemberswithandyoucanbearealblessingtoyourcongregation.Youcanstartoffbystandinginfrontofthechurchduringthetimeforannouncementsandaskasimplequestion.ThequestionwouldbeHowmanyofyouareaffectedbyorwithdiabetesWhatyouareask-ingisabouthowmanyhavediabetesorhaveafriendorfamilymemberwithdiabetes.Icanpredictwhatwillhappen.Thosewhoarewillingtoraisetheirhandsinanswertoyourquerywillbeabouthalfofthecongrega-tion.Youmightbeshockedatthis.Ihaveaskedthisquestionstandingbeforeseveralcongregationsandtheresponseisalwaysabouthalfthepeoplepresent.WhenyouseethisthenextquestiontoaskyourselfiswhatshouldIorcanIdonowYoucandosomethingtohelpthoseinyourcongregationwhoareaffectedbydiabetes.HowBysharingsomeessentialknowledge.Firstofalledu-cateyourselfaboutdiabetesbylearn-ingsomeinformationyoumaynotbeawareofbutsomethingsyoumayalreadyknow.Herearesomebasicfactstounder-stand.Diabetesisaconditionthatisnowaworldwidepandemic.Itisnotgettingbetteritisgettingworseaftermillionsofpeopleeachyearcontinuetojointheranksofthoseaffectedbydiabetes.IntheUSAfricanAmericansandotherminoritiessuchasAmericanIndiansandHispanicssufferdispro-portionatelyfromdiabetes.29millionpeopleintheUShavediabetes.8millionpeoplehavediabetesbutdonotknowit.86millionpeoplehavesomethingcalledprediabeteswhichisaconditionthatcausesnosymptomsandinwhichthebloodsugarisnotquitehighenoughtodiagnosedia-betesbutcandooneharmandlatermaydevelopintofullblowndiabetes.DiabetesisaconditionthatcausesanimmenseamountofpreventablepainandsufferingandIcantstatesstronglyenoughwhenIusethewordpreventable.Diabetescanleadtoapainfulconditionofthelimbscalledneuropathylossofvisionkid-neyfailureleadingtodialysisheartattacksstrokesandlimbamputa-tion.Isuspectnoonebelongstoanychurchinwhichyouhaveneverseenanyonewhohasnotsufferedwithanyofthecomplicationsnoted.WhenyouspeaktosomeoneorvisitsomeoneinthehospitalyoucanaskyourselfwhatcanIdoasapastororleadertohelpinthissituationHerearealistofthingsyoucando.LeadbyexampleGetscreenedyourselffordiabetesandprediabetes.Exercisecontrolyourweightandeatahealthydiet.Liveahealthylifestyle.Practiceconfidentialitywhenpeoplesharewithyouwhattheyaresufferingwithkeeptheinformationtoyourselfanddontputtheirinformationinthestreetastheexpressiongoes.Advisepeopletojustgotothedoc-torIftheydothistheymightdiscoverthattheyhavediabetesprediabetesorsomeotherseriouscondition.Inaddi-tiontheyneedtoseetheirdoctoronaregularbasisespeciallyiftheyhaveafamilyhistoryofdiabetesandareoverweightorsedentary.TakemedicationandtreatmentproperlyManysufferneedlesslybecausetheystopmedicationwhentheyshouldnottakeitincorrectlyorfailtocallthedoctorwhentheyhavesideeffects.Adviseyourcongregationthatyouwantallofthemtolivelongerandbet-terBelievemetheywillloveyouforthisThechurchshouldbeaplacewherepeoplecanfindcomfortandhealing.Wecanadvisepeopletochangetheirlivesforthebetter.Trytosetagoalforyourchurchwhichyoudonothavetostatepublicly.Purposeinyourhearttohelppeopletoavoidunnecessarypainandsufferingforanyreason.Yourministrywillbeablessingandbemorerewardingforyou.MayGodblessyouinyourservice.HelpingWithDiabetesDr.ConnerByByronE.ConnerM.D.Youcandosomethingtohelpthoseinyourcongregationwhoareaffectedbydiabetes.HowBysharingsomeessentialknowledge.Firstofalleducateyourselfaboutdiabetesbylearningsomeinformationyoumaynotbeawareofbutsomethingsyoumayalreadyknow.HEALTH