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Hello Everyone I have been getting allot of ?'s about this so I thought I would put it here.
I also had trouble with doc's not wanting to read the pages I put together of symptoms.
When my Hubby started his heart problems the nurse of the clinic should me how to do a symptom chart said the easier you make it the more doc's will read it and add it to your chart. Here is how I set mine up
Date Pain Nerve pain Joint pain
oct 4 6 5 2
Numbness / tingling Face hands legs
8 1 3 8
Keep it simple fill it out once a week or when you are having a very bad/good day it will also show you trends keep it simple you also do not have to write down every symptom just the ones that bother you
you can also have a category for new symptoms
have one for energy level if that is a problem and/or sleeping what ever your symptoms are
Once I started going to my appointments with this my doc would photo copy it & we spent time talking about my symptoms my appointments went allot better.
Hope this helps
I also had trouble with doc's not wanting to read the pages I put together of symptoms.
When my Hubby started his heart problems the nurse of the clinic should me how to do a symptom chart said the easier you make it the more doc's will read it and add it to your chart. Here is how I set mine up
Date Pain Nerve pain Joint pain
oct 4 6 5 2
Numbness / tingling Face hands legs
8 1 3 8
Keep it simple fill it out once a week or when you are having a very bad/good day it will also show you trends keep it simple you also do not have to write down every symptom just the ones that bother you
you can also have a category for new symptoms
have one for energy level if that is a problem and/or sleeping what ever your symptoms are
Once I started going to my appointments with this my doc would photo copy it & we spent time talking about my symptoms my appointments went allot better.
Hope this helps
I guess the "Date Pain Nerve pain Joint pain" with "oct 4 6 5 2" underneath it is the dates of the month that one would suffer with the pain? I guess I just didn't understand the numbering, why 2 would come after 4 6and 5. It seems to me that if we are discussing calendar dates, they would be sequential.
The "Numbness/tingling Face hands legs" numbers below it represent the pain level 1-10 that they bother you? Sorry, I did understand what the chart is suppose to show to the doctor. I'm for anything to make it easier for the doc to remain interested in my MS.
Kath
Having a bad day so please bear with me.. this is what I understand it to mean.
The top row consist of the headings: 'date' 'overall pain' then individual pain levels for 'nerve pain' and 'joint pain'. Under the appropriate heading put today's date then give your overall pain level a number from 1-10 and so forth for the individual ones.
Her next set has headings of 'numbness/tingling' 'face' 'hands' & 'legs' and then under each one she has again rated the severity of each one on a scale of 1-10.
I think that is how she has done this. Of course each person would need to set it up to suit their needs.
Once I am feeling better I will try to create a chart in word or excel that I can email out if anyone is interested. Once upon a time I was the queen of flow sheets, charts etc.... not sure how good I'm at it now since the brain fog set in, but I'm willing to try. :)
I did not look at it after I posted it
ds took out the spaces & it was also the middle of the night LOL
so I will try to redo it here
Date
Pain 4/5
numbness 8/10 legs
5/10 hands
2/10 face
bladder spasms 8/10
urine retention 10/10
Sorry ds will not let make a chart
but this is the idea
So good point, Kayce, about your symptoms. I bring a list of questions and my neuro is so patient that he always answers all of my questions. I should have figured out the ortho doc because he didn't answer all my questions and rushed me out. That is a dead give away. Listen to your gut.