Community Outreach Health Clinic Helps Patient Manage Diabetes
After Jim L. lost his job at a foundry during the COVID-19 pandemic, he desperately needed help. An illness had landed him in the hospital and later in physical therapy. When he was called back to work, he didn’t have the stamina to work a whole shift. He was losing weight and energy and because he wasn’t working, he no longer had health insurance.
His sister encouraged him to go to the Community Outreach Health Clinic located inside Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital. The clinic’s staff and volunteers tended to his medical needs and conducted tests to determine why the once physically ft man suffered such a decline.
Jim was diagnosed with diabetes and clinic staff immediately developed a management plan for him.
“It probably saved my life, to be honest,” he said.
With the help of nutrition guidelines focused on managing diabetes, medications from a volunteer pharmacist and the other free medical services he received at the clinic, Jim has learned to live with diabetes and enjoy an abundant life that includes plenty of workouts.
Jim is grateful and appreciative of clinic staff who respect him and show genuine care for his situation. He recommends the clinic to anyone who avoids medical care because of a lack of insurance. He shares with them that there is a special place in Menomonee Falls where staff and volunteers want to help.
His sister encouraged him to go to the Community Outreach Health Clinic located inside Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital. The clinic’s staff and volunteers tended to his medical needs and conducted tests to determine why the once physically ft man suffered such a decline.
Jim was diagnosed with diabetes and clinic staff immediately developed a management plan for him.
“It probably saved my life, to be honest,” he said.
With the help of nutrition guidelines focused on managing diabetes, medications from a volunteer pharmacist and the other free medical services he received at the clinic, Jim has learned to live with diabetes and enjoy an abundant life that includes plenty of workouts.
Jim is grateful and appreciative of clinic staff who respect him and show genuine care for his situation. He recommends the clinic to anyone who avoids medical care because of a lack of insurance. He shares with them that there is a special place in Menomonee Falls where staff and volunteers want to help.
