Yeah, but in my state only one party has to know they are being recorded.

And I feel this way. I have a little gadget called My Little Reminder.
If I am holding it, and press down the record button, and I do it to hear what the diagnosis is, I feel what's the harm?

But if I'm going in with a regular tape recorder I see no harm (if that is what one wants to do), I see no harm in asking the doctor "mind if I record your instructions". Let's say he is telling you to do these particular exercises 3 times a day, and go walking, and take this pill, and use warm compresses", well I would doubt that there is a doctor alive who would say "no, don't tape me".

I mean, these are His instructions. He wants you to do what he's telling you. And if you are of a certain age where you have arthritis and you can't write stuff down, to me, it's just making the doctor's visit easier.

When I go to the eye doctor, he he always holding a recorder and he dictates absolutely everything into it that pertains to my visit. So if he can do THAT. So can I.

It's different than going into a lawyer's office and taping stuff and going into a commercial business and taping stuff.

This is just basic stuff that you would be writing down anyway.

I think it's absolutely important to get ALL information that you have to apply to yourself as far as care is concerned.

I know that most people would not take the time to do this. They would say "oh let the doctor write it down for me".

It's easier to just tape the darn stuff. Then when you go home, you can transcribe it or have someone do it for you.

This is 2008, people do things MUCH differently today. If a person is not comfortable taping and are not sure of the laws, just look it up to see if the state in which you are residing, well if they say it's not against the law, if two people have to know about the recording device, or if only one person has to know.

I mean, college kids tape their courses and bring the tapes home so they can study. It beats copying everything down in class. And you don't miss anything.

You can tape whatever you deem is important.

I remember years ago saying to myself "now why didn't I ask the doctor this question, why didn't I ask that question".

Then I began to write down all my questions.

Do you think I remembered every answer to every question?

If in doubt, ask the physician "mind if I tape this for a few minutes", I have a bad memory". I would LOVE to hear the response.