Despite Lupus by Sara Gorman

Author:Sara Gorman [Gorman, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Health, Mind & Body
Published: 2011-03-01T13:00:00+00:00

Even if your doctor doesn’t utilize a tape recorder, it’s still possible to get a summary at the end of every visit. Simply ask your doctor to review the highlights or repeat the action items to which you or he) have been assigned. If you prefer, you can even recount the details to him. That will ensure that you have your facts straight. Don’t be too hard on yourself if you find that you’ve missed significant parts of the appointment. I never realized how disoriented I was during my sickest appointments until recently. I made an appointment to see someone other than my primary doctor in my perinatologist’s office, thinking I was seeing someone new. At the start of the appointment with her, I immediately launched into my entire medical history as it related to lupus and pregnancy. Halfway through my story, she pointed out that I didn’t need to rehash my history. She actually had seen me before. In fact, she’d performed an outpatient surgery and had followed up with me several times afterward. Those previous appointments had taken place during the early stages of a bad flare and in the midst of a miscarriage, so I definitely wasn’t as alert as I could have been. Thankfully, she understood my haziness and wasn’t offended!

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