Hi Doc, you're absolutely right. I have found that I need to be proactive in my own health, making phone calls etc, otherwise your a file on someone's desk. What really ****** me off is that you're a sick person in a world of pain, you probably haven't got the concentration to boil a kettle without wondering, what was I doing a minute ago or you might go to the fridge for a drink only to o pen the fridge door and wonder why. With all of this I found I had to make these phone calls just to make sure you don't end up as paper on someone's desk.
I hope I didn't waffle on too much.
Sinéad
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Originally Posted by Dr. Smith
Might getcha locked up, too! 
Remember:
Doctors only hear 25% of what patients tell them (usually because they're going through possibilities in their minds).
Patients only hear 50% of what doctors tell them (usually because they're sick/upset/have no clue what the doctor's saying).
If we know that, then one way of looking at it is that if they're not listening, or we're not getting their attention, 75% of the burden is on us to be heard/paid attention to. 
If that doesn't work, we may have the wrong doctor.
Q: What do they call the guy who graduated at the bottom of his class in Med School?
A: "Doctor."
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