Ripon, Wis. – Aurora Health Center in Ripon will hold a monthly diabetes support group meeting on Thursday, May 27. Participants can join the 2 p.m. or 7 p.m. session at the clinic, 1242 W. Fond du Lac Street in Ripon.

This month’s topic is “Don’t Lose Sight of Diabetic Eye Disease.” Optometrist, Amy Treichel, of Aurora Health Center in Oshkosh will discuss diabetic eye disease, commonly known as diabetic retinopathy. Participants will learn that:

• almost half of people with diabetes have diabetic eye disease
• diabetic eye disease is both preventable and treatable
• an optometrist can serve as the first line of detection, and
• if you are one of the 54 million Americans living with diabetes, you should be seeing your eye doctor annually for a dilated eye exam.

Aurora Health Care’s Certified Diabetes Educator Colleen Micele, NP, will host each support group meeting. Colleen has been serving the Ripon and surrounding communities for 12 years.

All support groups will take place on the fourth Thursday of each month and will meet from March through May and will resume in September. Participants are welcome to attend either the 2 to 3 p.m. session or the 7 to 8 p.m. session.

For more information call 920-475-4700.

Aurora Health Care is a not-for-profit Wisconsin health care provider and a nationally recognized leader in efforts to improve the quality of health care. Aurora offers services at sites in more than 90 communities throughout eastern Wisconsin.

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Contact: Krissy Lillie
Phone: 920-288-3629