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The day starts early: arriving at the office, reviewing the schedule, preparing. This one is recovering from a fracture, talking about the limitations and safety concerns now. One referred by her doctor because of family history. Imaging and lab reports to meticulously review in between the patients. DEXA scores to review and explain with them. Messages to return. Seven out of ten of them have broken a bone and been sent here—a fraction of those that would benefit from the hope that management and treatment would give.
“It keeps me up at night,” said Dr. Eva Kolb, a child psychiatrist at Diversus Health.
Her colleague, child psychiatrist Dr. Ian Peters, echoed her experience. “Yeah,” he said, putting a hand to his heart. “It’s chest pain.”
“I could hardly snap my fingers with my right hand. Everything I tried seemed to make it worse. It got to be, some days, that all I could focus on was the pain.” That is how David Chavez, a Colorado Springs native, described the life-altering medical issues he’d been dealing with for months.
A chronic condition is a disease or health condition that lasts one year or more, requires ongoing medical care, and impacts daily living. The most common chronic conditions are diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and cancer.
Adam Roberts is a dad. And like many dads, he makes the occasional run to Culver’s. One evening, he was picking up a to-go order of burgers and fries, wearing a sweatshirt with a logo that proudly displayed the place where he works: Diversus Health. The young woman behind the counter looked at Adam and noticed his sweatshirt.
