Doctor Patient Communication: Set Up Your Own Migraine Summary Document

April 20th, 2011 - Posted by Diana Lee

For many of us living with migraine disease the task of keeping all the pertinent details about our medications, treatments, symptoms and care providers straight is incredibly burdensome. It can be tempting to cut corners when we see a new doctor simply because it is so much work to provide all the relevant details when you’re living with pain and other debilitating symptoms. This is dangerous. Our doctors need the whole picture to safely provide us with the best care.

For me the answer to this problem has been to develop my own health care summary document. My document is a simple word processing file, which I keep on my computer and online on Google Docs. This allows me to access the file through my smart phone if I face an unexpected appointment and don’t have a chance to print out a hard copy.

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