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)