SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb., -  Samantha Irvin will present “Telling My Story” at the Regional West Physicians Clinic-Diabetes Care Center support group meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28 in Medical Plaza South, room 1202. Irvin was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was eight years old. She will share her personal experience of living with and managing diabetes for the last 11 years. Type 1 diabetes patients ages 6 to 18 and their support persons are invited.

Irvin is a patient mentor for the A1C Champions Program®. A1C Champions® are people who have diabetes and are successfully managing it. They have been trained to empower and motivate other patients by sharing not only their successes, but the challenges and obstacles they’ve overcome and continue to face in managing their diabetes. 

The session is free. For more information about “Telling My Story,” please call Sherry Smartt, Certified Diabetes Educator, at 308-630-3709.

Regional West Health Services in Scottsbluff, Neb., is the parent company of Regional West Medical Center, a 182-bed regional referral center and one of three Level II Trauma Centers in the state. As the region’s only tertiary referral medical center, Regional West offers care that spans more than 32 medical specialties provided by over 28 physician clinics. With nearly 300 providers, and over 2,000 employees, Regional West provides comprehensive and innovative health care services for the people of western Nebraska and the neighboring states of Colorado, South Dakota, and Wyoming.