Joslin.org provides a diabetic checklist for people with diabetes. This is a list of required tests and management skills that diabetics can review to help them to learn the skills of handling the disease. The diabetic checklist list includes things that you should learn such as:

• Meal Planning
• Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose
• Use of Insulin or Diabetes Pills
• Exercise
• Foot Care
• Sick Day Management
• Urine Testing for Ketones
• Tests that You Should Have at Least Once a Year
• Special Topics

There are a number of different websites that have their own versions of this checklist such as Tennessee.edu, ClevelandClinic.org, and LillyDiabetes.com, just to name a few. Many of these are downloadable and printable. They can be a great tool for someone who is trying to do their best in handling the disease. If you do not have all the skills necessary to handle diabetes (which can be very difficult …