Having Difficult Conversations with Your Doctor

With Dr. Andrea Leschak

Favorite Quotes:

-Once you step into the current it is tough to deviate from the prescribed path

-The Patient is the ultimate decision maker

-Don’t be afraid to ask for a time out

-You can fire your healthcare team. They work for you.

-If we accept that your opinion is one way, what would be some of the other ways to look at this


Notes:

  1. You know you

    1. You know your circumstances (how you feel, what is different, the broader level)

  2. The healthcare system is a hyperfocused system

    1. We do want what the organization brings

    2. It has because so inflexible


  1. Mindset

    1. Do some mindset work (power pose, peer-to-peer energy, mantra)

    2. It is not a battle and it is not a war and yet, we do need to be prepared

  2. Pre Appointment Prep

    1. Take notes, journal

    2. if / then questions

  3. You Set the Tone

    1. Share some about yourself (introduce yourself, share goals, etc)

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