Aimee,
You are now an adult, having adult issues and seeing an adult specialist is a good idea. I know it's hard to leave the "friendliness" of Children's. They are great over there, and when you have to be admitted, I think we can all agree that a children's hospital is awsome!
The clinic at National Jewish is very, very good. I am very happy there. They are very in touch with the "young" adult Cfers like us, but they have sooo much experience with adult prroblems, from CFRD and pregnancy, to social issues, legal stuff and things like that.
There are three docs: Rhodman (he's in charge and a little bit of a hard-ass, but very carring and kind of father-ish), Nick ( waaaaay laid back,man. Easy-going, great sense of humor) and Seevedra, sp? (SHE is young, smart and hard-working!)
There are two nurses, Kathy and Sara. Both are very cool! They share a pager, so you can page them whenever you need something. Ther is a resp. therapist, Byron, social worker Rachel (who is now married to Dr. Rhodman), and dietician, Brenda.
Nat'l Jewish is an out-patient facility, that is closed on weekends. They are able to admit patients there occasionally, usually if the pulmonary wing @ University is crowded or some other special reason. I was admitted there once when they already had 5 CFers @ University. I was the only patient on the floor! I had the run of the place and the food wasn't bad either.
Clinic is held in the afternoon, and the nurses usually handel the scheduling. The drawback to going to the adult clinic is that sometimes you will have to go to other facilities for things. Being a respratory research center, they don't have everything there. Patients are usually admitted @ University, and this can take some getting used to. It's a teaching hospital, and sometimes you get folks who don't know what they're doing. It's not as bad as it sounds, as long as you pay attention to what's going on, speak up when you need to. Sometimes, I like to take the time to talk to a resident or intern who is curious about CF, and others I put a sign on the door telling everyone but my nurse and MY doc to keep out. The Nursing staff and Resp. Therapists are mostly good folks who know that we are "professional patients" and know what we're talking about.
If you want to talk more, e-mail me. We can meet up or chat on the phone if you want
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ps. I grew up in the Springs and went to Air Academy. What about you?