Mike Natter Medical

04/05/2024

It was a pleasure to talk with WHNT News 19 about my journey with type 1 diabetes. You can watch our full interview here: https://bit.ly/3PZ5fjg

I was diagnosed with T1D at the age of 9, which started my lifelong passion for disease management and education. Now I care for people who have T1D every day as an endocrinologist. While type 1 diabetes cannot be prevented or cured, it can be detected early through autoantibody screenings, potentially before any serious complications occur. I’m excited to be part of movement to encourage people to get screened because I know as a doctor and a person who lives with T1D how powerful early information can be.

Talk to your healthcare provider to learn more.

Screen for Type 1

14/11/2021

TODAY IS WORLD DIABETES DAY.

56,940. Thats how many times I’ve had to prick my fingers over the last 26 years.

Things happened to me at the age of nine that completely changed my life. I was diagnosed with shortly after my 9th birthday and while it was a devastating blow, it is also is what showed me my calling in life: helping others through the art of medicine. Like any chronic condition, even while it takes up a heavy cognitive load each and every day, one attenuates to their new normal which (on a good day) hopefully keeps it as much a seamless part of their daily routine. That said, some days are hard. There are times I have felt trapped by my Type 1, with blood sugars shooting up to 400’s for no clear reason or an aggressive, unexpected hypoglycemic episode at the worst possible time, no juice or glucose tabs in sight, an insulin pump running low on insulin and that extra vial you swore you had in your bag not being there. This psychological and physiological stress has had me in dark places a times, leaving me to question what I did to deserve this. Wanting to break out of this insulinopenic incarceration. Trapped. And when I step back, I am able to feel hopeful. Hopeful because of the advancements in diabetes technology, because of progress towards finding a cure, and mostly because of my loved ones, my family, my friends, my patients and all of you.

I had the opportunity to open up about all my own diabetes, being a doctor with diabetes, and the relationship I cultivate with my patients who share this disease with me via an interview with Sidekick Health. Sidekick Health is an evidence-based digital health platform that empowers patients in self-managing their chronic illness. Have a look at my interview here: https://bit.ly/3wBMUxW

14/11/2021

“I believe it is my background as an artist and a Type 1 diabetic that informs my therapeutic bond with my patients and my art of practicing medicine.”

For World Diabetes Day, The Sidebar sat down with Mike Natter Medical, MD, to discuss his own experience living with , how his childhood diagnosis shaped his career as both an artist and medical doctor, and what he wishes more people know about diabetes.

👉 Read the full interview now: https://bit.ly/SB-Mike-Natter

30/01/2021

Pins! Pins! Pins! Made from my art! Thought we’d have a go and make an enamel pin with my illustration “heart of gold.” On sale now at MY OWN SITE! So many new fun things!
www.mikenattermedical.com
(Link also in my bio)

17/10/2020

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In a time of a pandemic and cultural injustice in America, we are faced with a challenging time in our country's history. We are now reminded of how important…

19/09/2020

“I want to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. And to help repair tears in her society, to make things a little better through the use of whatever ability she has...”

Today is a sad day in a what has been a tsunami of despair and darkness. Today we lost a hero. A woman who embodies what it means to be a true American. A leader. A pioneer. Let her life inspire us to use our talents and our platforms to make things a little better not for ourselves, but for those around us. Voting is one of those ways we can honor RBG, I will be casting my ballot and I hope you will too. You’ll be sorely missed, RBG... thank you for all you’ve done and all you’ve stood for. 💔

11/09/2020

How I envision what is currently occurring in my c spine. It’s a pain in the neck.
@ New York, New York

05/09/2020

I wrote a thing for ! Unsure which path to take? Not quite clear where you see yourself in the diverse world of medicine? I walk through my experience and thought process of what lead me to internal medicine and now endocrinology! Have a read! Share with a friend! Link in my story!

04/09/2020

ITS MY BIRTHDAY! So why not get my FLU SHOT!? In a world where science and fact seem to not be the guiding principles of certain government leaders... i want to use my birthday wish to impart on all of you and my loved ones and the world at large: i wish everyone good health. Please do what you can to stay healthy use common sense, and keep others safe- wear a mask, socially distance when you can, and please get your flu shot! Im hoping my birthday can mark a transition- to less disease, suffering and despair and more unity, love, and happiness 🥳

26/08/2020

I found myself in a position rather opposite to what I’m used to: the other side of the stretcher. Before I go any further, I am ok and no longer in the ER so please don’t worry. I woke up with horrible neck pain. It radiated down my arm. My fingers numb. After a 2nd sleepless night I couldn’t take it any more and went to the ED. Walking through those doors not as a consultant to give insulin recs but instead to have my own vitals checked, felt awkward. My rational side had a sense it was likely a disc but my anxious medical mind wondered “what if it’s something more ominous?” The fear set in. And then, the curtain pulled back and my friend Kamini walked in. I felt my body relax. I knew I was going to be ok because I had her, a brilliant and caring ER physician. After Imaging and morphine, the curtain pulled back again this time revealing another familiar face -my buddy Sean the neurologist, complete with rose gold reflex hammer and all. When the MRI resulted, the read was worse than what I was hoping for, not one but two C spine herniations. I felt broken, two weeks shy of my 35th birthday and my spine looked like that of a man twice as old. The years and stress of residency, covid, and life seemed to pull the polposis from between my vertebral bodies and leave me stricken w searing pain I guess fitting for This year. Will I need surgery? I wondered. My fear mounted again and then like clockwork the curtain slid back and Yosef the neurosurgeon popped in with his big smile and perfectly quaffed hair “Natter! What the hell happened to your neck!?” I hugged him and immediately felt relieved. Yosef is like the Mayor of NYU, he’s known and loved by everyone and somehow manages to have a robust social life despite being a neurosurgery resident. By this time my Incredible girlfriend Alice had also arrived, who without I surely would have crumbled into pieces.
I’m home now, still with some pain and on fistfulls of meds but also filled with immense gratitude for my friends colleagues and loved ones who I always knew as great doctors, but I can say now from experience, truly are. Thank you for taking such good care of me. I love you. @ NYU Urgent Care (Emergency Room)

15/08/2020

Sometimes being a tourist in your own city gives you newfound perspective. NYC (and the world) has changed so much in these last scary months and at times it’s felt like I was living in some dystopian post apocalyptic world... recently though, I had an amazing opportunity to visit the Empire State Building Observation deck that has recently reopened to take in the sunrise (I hadn’t been since I was 6). Being that high up above the chaos and microcosms of our new realities helped me see the city again for what it is: a beautiful, shinning urban jungle, rich with ambitious, culturally diverse, talented, tolerant, intelligent, and resilient individuals. As is the case with art, it’s when we step back and see the whole- the macrocosm- does everything come into focus. We are all essential. We are all in this together. And now more than ever is when our humanity needs to persevere over all else. I love you, NYC. Thank you for making me fall back in love with my hometown. ⁣
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