What You Must Ask Your Doctor
This video is from the Dr. Oz show, talking to a Nurse about what important questions you should ask your doctor. It's a video that just over 5 min long of that section of his show. I thought it was important, especially for those fighting Cushings to really know how to talk to doctors. That's the one thing we really struggle with. And one of the things mentioned on his show (not in this clip) is to write down your questions for the doctor. Give the paper to him and make sure he/she can answer every one of them til you fully understand every answer.
Betty Long (the nurse Dr. Oz talks to) is the President of a group called Guardian Nurses. She (or other guardian nurses) go to the doctors office WITH the patient and they help talk to the doctor & interpret doctor talk. http://www.guardiannurses.com/
How nice would it be to have another advocate talking to the doctor with us cushies? Especially when we don't have the energy or even the memory to remember what was said. To fight with us to get healthy.
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