• Maximize your time with all of the health care professionals that are working hard to care for you
  or your loved one. 
  
  

• Acknowledge that the Health Care Providers, Specialists, and/or workers in the Health Care System are really dedicated and good at what they do! The important thing is to remember who is best at what aspect of care you are dealing with at the moment! (ex. Insurance, probably a Social Worker…Medication, the prescribing doctor, but a pharmacist is always a great resource to put it all together, especially if you are seeing multiple specialists). 
  
  

• Trust your Gut! 
  
  

• Second Opinions are usually encouraged and welcomed by dedicated physicians! 
  
  

• Learn as much as you can, but don’t put too much pressure on yourself to know everything. (Think about and appreciate how much training the experts that are treating you went through) Know enough to ask questions. (As intelligent and dedicated as they are, they are human and focused on what they love, buy what they love may not be the whole picture). 
  
  

• Ask Questions, Ask Questions, Ask Questions! 
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• Don't forget to take care of yourself by  eating well, exercising, connecting with supportive friends, etc.

My name is Ann and I created this journal/ to help patients and caregivers approach the medical system in an organized and systematic way. I know that dealing with an illness, or multiple illnesses feels anything but systematic. When my Dad fell ill and one thing went wrong after another, it was overwhelming. I was not on my “game.” It was a lot all at once. If I had known how everything was going to unfold, I would have developed a plan or a “system” before his first big issue. It probably would not be exactly as this, because I would not have been able to predict all of the issues that came up and even as a health care professional myself, I was unaware of all of the resources that are available to us in this Country. 

So, here is that system. This is as I developed during my Father’s

2 years of battling Diabetes, Heart Disease, and 2 different Cancers all at the same time. My wish is to provide patients and caregivers a tool to: 

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