Delices

Today we went to the Delices clinic and got the opportunity to educate and just simply talk with the patients in the waiting room. Since we didn't know exactly where the clinic was we stopped to ask a lady walking on the side of the road. She said that she was walking there so if we would give her a ride she could show us where it was. She introduced herself as Lucy and was a very kind woman. When we got inside the clinic I started talking to her right off the bat. I gave her one of my handouts on high blood pressure because she had mentioned to me that she has both hypertension and diabetes. I gave her a bit of education of Hypertension and she seemed to really appreciate it. The more we go to these clinics the more you notice that the main health problems in Dominica are Hypertension and Diabetes. Lucy said that she takes a medication for High Blood pressure and insulin for her Diabetes. We talked about how it is sometimes hard for her to take her high blood pressure medication because she cant feel any symptoms of the disease. She loved the fact that we were there. She said it is motivation to keep taking her meds. She said sometimes she feels discouraged and its nice to have some extra encouragement! I am glad that the patients we see are happy to have us and feel as though they are learning valuable information from us!
-Beth-