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Visiting Mayo Clinic | Last Active: May 7 8:46pm | Replies (56)
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@dloos

If you feel well enough to do extensive research that may help.
I think many people here are barely getting through the day.
For myself, I research quite a bit, but I don’t retain very well, and don’t always get notes taken in a timely way.
I have days I can’t even eat.

It’s especially demoralizing to make the effort to have things to talk about, and then have a doctor brush off your concerns.

Yes, changing doctors is good advise, but sometimes very hard to do.

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rick137 | @rick137 | Apr 21 1:15pm

@dloos

My post was an interpretation of the recommendations on many PCRI videos.

A concept is one thing, implementing it another. For example, I fully agree that changing doctors is hard if not impossible. Anyone who has to remain the patient of a doctor who is dismissive/hostile truly has my condolences.

Perhaps I should have stated that patient involvement/knowledge has a spectrum from zero to what I stated as the maximum/gold/cadillac standard. I hope we would agree that anything is better than nothing.

I will post my experience after the treatment meeting next week, i.e. will all my effort have been worthwhile.
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