Records problem. The summary they hold about me is wrong by three items.
Function beats pain scores in these conversations. “I cannot sit for twenty minutes” lands.
Portal exports often carry the numbers and not the notes, and the notes are where the reasoning is.
Reconcile the medication list out loud, in the room. Silent reconciliation does not happen.
Happy to be told the process is simpler than I think.
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way.
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?
Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster. Tolerance was my main issue with a formulary change too.
Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.
Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.
Fifteen years of this and the function column is the only one that changed anything for me. Also, one page of history, printed, handed over at the start. It changes the appointment.
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?
Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you.
The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time.
Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately.
Same here.
Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless.
Half of what people describe as tolerance is a change in the underlying condition, and the two need different answers.
Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism.