Great advice anastasiaje! I start a week
ahead of my appointment and keep a word
document open on my computer so no matter
what I am doing during the day if I come
up with a question, symptom, or treatment
I can just run to the computer and type it
in.
I don’t understand why but doctors are
suckers! They can only spend 10 minuets
with you no matter what is wrong with you
and if you don’t understand their
diagnosis they can’t spare the time to
properly explain it to you!
Go in to your appointment not only with a
list of questions but also with a large
pad of blank paper so that you can write
down exactly what he says… or, if you
have the cash, get one of those little mp3
“tape” recorders so that you can play
back exactly what he said to make notes
later.
If you don’t understand a term and he
doesn’t have time to explain then have
him/her spell the word for you!! Then,
when you get home, you can google or
dogpile it for details.
I made a notebook for my grandmother and
grandfather that had dividers for each of
their doctors, sheets where they can write
questions, an appointment calendar, an
emergency contact sheet, business card
holders, prescription and vitamin/herbal
supplement list… the works… so when
they walked into a new doctor’s office
she could just hand the doctor the
notebook and say “these are all the
treatments I am undergoing, all the
med’s I am taking, and all the other
doctors I am seeing and what they have
diagnosed me with!”
then there is no way that there can be a
medication mix up or treatments that
interfere with each other…
i am talking to my cousin who is an emt on
what a doctor/emergency room nurse/emt
would appreciate you to have to make your
treatment as easy and complication free as
possible… when I get it done I will post
some pages for download! I don’t know
when I will have the time to finish but I
am working on it slowly bur surly.
Also, here is a great yahoo! 360 group I
found! It is called surfacehippy and
though it seems to focus on hip
resurfacing patients, it is for anyone
that has hip “issues”. Their website
is:
http://health
.Groups.Yahoo.Com/group/surfacehippy/
and their email is: surfacehippy@
yahoogroups.Com
i have met a lot of very understanding
people and it feels really good to share
our stories!
I hope you get the answers you need
friend! Try the yahoo group… someone
there has to know what all ^that means!
Also, there are dozens of new posts a
day… it is almost like a chat room
instead of a forum so there is always
someone there to talk to!
Laters!