I was out with a friend for dinner having fantastic conversations about the future, books, work, on and on! Her recent IUD experience came up, we both commented on how she handled it. Both of us have careers in healthcare, leading us to view things through a lens tinted by years of terminology, experience, education. What would have been the experience of someone with no formal experience in healthcare? Certainly not as comfortable.
Health isn’t a slam dunk, with or without some kind of intervention. Here are my tips for working towards the care that’s right for you:
- If it is not acute, begin writing down your observations for when you are feeling unwell. For some it can be linked to your menstrual cycle, foods, drugs, etc.
- If you are going to start a prescription/treatment from your Dr. talk about how well & how soon it will take effect and what to do if it doesn’t work.
- Be honest with your Dr. about medication (including any herbal supplements) and your consistency in taking them, you’d be shocked at how this impacts your body & mind.
- If your symptoms persist and your Dr. isn’t taking them seriously, tell them this, and if still you get nada, go seek another Dr.’s opinion. https://albertafindadoctor.ca/
- You might need to try more than one, two or three times before you find the right kind of care you need for your situation. Every-body is unique!
I would encourage you to make the effort to discover what you need in order to feel well, sometimes it’s the care others can provide to us and sometimes it’s the care we can provide to ourselves. When in doubt, ask! Quality healthcare providers want to know.
