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Do you record your appointments?
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: May 13 2:52pm | Replies (6)Comment receiving replies
My wife attends all my appointments, just so there's a second set of ears, and sometimes we hear something entirely different. It's really hard in those circumstances to retain everything from that precious time slot you get with your oncologist. I can see why some of them would object (all legal risk), but imagine some are OK with it.
I had an appointment last week where the NP asked me if it was OK for her to record the meeting, since her institution is experimenting with an AI generating post-visit notes. I said that was fine, as long as I get to grade the final product. 🙂
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It is impossible to remember it all. Initially, I limited myself to 5 questions. But, I also always let the doctors speak first. I found that the doctors frequently answered my questions before I asked them. I also didn't want to disrupt the doctor while presenting what he/she felt was important. Ever sit in a class where a fellow student never let the teacher finish a statement? I personally don't learn like that. Ever try to teach a class with students like that? It is quite difficult to teach the subject matter. Now we all learn differently. Do what works for you. But if I listened to a recording of a doctor's visit, my head might explode. It already comes close just reading the doctor's post visit notes.