Endocrine System=hormones.
An Endocrinologist is a specialist who specifically watches over the endocrine disorders like Diabetes and thyroid disease.
I've been seeing an Endocrinologist since I was diagnosed. First was Dr. Kappy. Then Dr. Chase. My adult Endo then was Dr. Michels. And now the Barbara Davis Center in Denver does not take my insurance, so I decided I wanted to see an endo down here in town. So this is my new Endocrinologist... which he's a nurse practitioner working under an endocrinologist in town. This is the guy who got my pump stuff rolling and is now helping me get my diabetes and thyroid disease under control.
He and a lady from Animas are working with me to fine tune my pump setting so I can get the most out of this type of insulin therapy.
He is also one of the few doctors I have that I can make laugh and can joke around with.
I don't feel like I need to be serious with diabetes AT ALL TIMES like some are. I don't have the energy to always be serious. I'm serious about my care... but I do need to laugh some also!
So, he adjusted my basal doses based on my blood sugars and got my lab results back. Kidneys are good, liver is good, I need to up my thyroid medication, and I have lost weight due to not getting as much insulin as I was off the pump!
I'll go over lab results and tests in a later post!
I just wanted to introduce Luis Perez, NP!
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