I'm not a nurse but I'm a physician, I am 31 years old and I have been living with type 1 for 30 years. I use a pump and CGM and I am extremely athletic. I have a few comments here. He sounds like...
That's more than a little scary! My general experience as a patient and a physician has been that both NPs and MDs not directly involved in diabetes care do lack an understanding of current treatment...
Just to address this, I have a minimal understand of the NP curriculum but MD students typically get at least 8 weeks of class room based endocrinology instruction, the majority of which is focused on...
I completely understand what you are saying and I really think the cost vs. benefit varies by patient. I'm impressed that you have a fingerstick A1C machine. I actually have DM 1 and my endo does...
Sorry to jump in here but the "new grad" MD is completely right here assuming we are talking about a patient who is not on insulin. The current evidence generally supports the practice of NOT doing...