Many of us know the importance of catching a disease in the early stages. I’m sure there are many of you that could give a handful or more examples of when it was caught too late or caught in the early stages.
The difference between the two often comes down to who and how hard was someone advocating for you?
I’ve spent a lot of time contemplating this. We expect our medical profession to always be right and to think about every angle of any ailment we have. But they are human too and we never know what they have been facing in the hours, days or weeks before they examine us. We count on them, but we cannot assume that we have given them all the information with which to make their recommendations.
I’m not saying that we shouldn’t hold them to a high standard and expect them to keep up with the changing drugs, testing and knowledge of diseases that their license would indicate.
You need to OVER communicate when it comes to your health.
I tell you this not to say that his lack of communication could have saved his life. I’m telling you this because we need to over communicate to our healthcare professionals. If you can’t do it for yourself, be sure to have someone come with you and give the healthcare professional permission to speak with them. Unfortunately when we are receiving information that is upsetting we can hear only what we want to hear and not what is being said. I have found even with myself that sometimes the information being told to my significant other and myself was overwhelming and I would have to take notes and ask the dr to read them to correct anything that I misunderstood.Sign up here to get updates for new posts!
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