Hi, I'm Dr. Hannah Parr, and more importantly, I am a patient with type 1 diabetes.

I was diagnosed at 13, and now 20 years later, just had my, my diversity.

I am working as a clinician and a diabetes educator, and I like to focus on lifestyle medicine. So not just what our blood sugars are and how

we're counting carbs, but how we can feel great in our body, what other things we can do to improve

our health overall. And most importantly, I think the mindset piece is the part of most passionate

about.

So how we let diabetes define who we are and how we feel about ourselves. And that's my favorite part to talk to people about with diabetes is really the mindset of how we let it define us and what we can do about shifting it.

Yeah.

And dig into all of that. But first, I want to find out about we can do about shifting it. Yeah. We're going to dig into all of that.

But first, I want to find out about you being 13 and getting diabetes.

So do you have other family members with type 1?

Do you have family members or extended family members with other autoimmune issues?

Do you have any other autoimmune issues?

Yeah.

So I am the first one in my family with type 1 diabetes. I do have quite a few autoimmune issues. Yeah, so I am the first one in my family with type 1 diabetes. I do have quite a few

autoimmune diseases on my mother's side. And so Crohn's disease, sarcoidosis, hypothyroidism.

So we're not not new to autoimmune. Well, you actually got, you know, I know I probably say this every time, but sarcoidosis was the throwaway diagnosis on House MD, the television show. Oh, I love that show. When they didn't know what to say somewhere ago, it's probably sarcoidos. And then I, and then it never was, but then I had somebody on the podcast, I said that to and And they were like, I actually have it. I was like, well, we finally found one. So there's a history of autoimmune in your family. Yes. Do you have anything beyond type one? No. No. There was a point in my life where I had subclinical hypothyroidism. And I needed thyroid medication for about a year, but that resolved

and I no longer need that. So it wasn't autoimmune in nature. Yeah. Resolved meaning your levels went

back to where you wanted to be or your symptoms went away? My levels went back up and I no longer

needed it. Oh, and you don't have symptoms? No. Awesome.

No, and I kind of get my thyroid screened yearly with my annual diabetes labs and things are doing good.

How often do you think that happens for people?

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