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Difficulty Doing Paperwork at Appointments
Myasthenia gravis (MG) can cause double vision and hand weakness. Both potentially make completing all the paperwork challenging when you arrive at office appointments.
Do you struggle to do paperwork at your appointments? Have you found any solutions to this problem?
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I always take my DW, Carol, with me to all appts. I am fortunate that she reads most of the stuff and helps me ask questions. We always have lots of questions. She also has a better memory than I.
I suppose if I did not have Carol, I would ask them to read for me. So much printed text is too small. Mainly due to my DV I think.
Scott
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I have a two-part strategy to help with these paperwork jungles.
1) Like David in this thread has said, I am also most fortunate to have my spouse attend almost all appointments with me, so I begin forms and she completes them if I tire or cannot see well enough.
2) I am able to keep most of my medical care within the same medical system, and our system (Geisinger in Pennsylvania, USA), has a marvelous electronic patient records system. This allows us to print out a complete abbreviated health summary. This way, I just put my name on whatever form I am asked to complete and just write in “see attached health summary.”
My spouse and I often wonder if the physician we visit EVER looks at these forms that are often completed hastily before an appointment. So the attached printed summary is more complete and legible.
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I usually am alone for doctor appointments and have difficulty reading the documents on the electronic pad handed to me so before my appointments I pre-checkin online where the documents can be enlarged. When I mention I can’t read documents, staff usually is accommodating.
The best thing that has helped me and also doctors appreciate when I hand them an updated medication list. It brings the focus to recent changes, or a discussion about changes that need to be made.
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