Health: 15 Q's To Ask Health Care Providers Regarding Treatment & Procedures
By award-winning author and stress-relief expert Susie Mantell
Bring a pen and paper and take some notes. You may forget some of the answers.
1. What is the specific, intended action of this treatment?
(e.g. Increase white cell production to fight infection? Gargle with salt to make a hostile environment for bacteria? Moist heat to release spasm? Ice to reduce inflammation? See? Big difference! Then USE it in your mind/body imagery to support the protocol.)
2. How long have you been prescribing and monitoring this treatment?
3. These are all the medications I am presently taking. Are there are contraindications?
4. What are the most common side-effects and what causes them to occur?
5. How can I minimize or prevent those side-effects? (e.g. Taken with/without food, not with dairy, only at bedtime, etc.)
6. May I please have some literature about this treatment?
7. How and when will I know if this treatment is working?
9. How can I speak with 2-3 people who have used this treatment?
10. What other options do I have for this problem?
11. Can I get financial assistance with this treatment?
12. What outcome can I realistically hope for as a result?
13. Are there any serious risks and if so, what are the danger-indicators?
14. What would you recommend if I were your sister/brother/spouse/child?
15. How can I reach you with questions if they arise?
[Copyright 2000, 2008 Susie Mantell, Relax. . .Intuit (tm) LLC. All rights reserved.] Federal law prohibits use of this material in whole or in part without the express written consent of Relax...Intuit™ LLC. For Reprint Permission: Kindly email your request for guidelines, pasting in the full
text of the specific article you wish to use, to info@relaxintuit.com
We'll try to reply within 72 hrs.]
[Copyright 2000, 2008 Susie Mantell, Relax. . .Intuit (tm) LLC. All rights reserved.] Federal law prohibits use of this material in whole or in part without the express written consent of Relax...Intuit™ LLC. For Reprint Permission: Kindly email your request for guidelines, pasting in the full
text of the specific article you wish to use, to info@relaxintuit.com
We'll try to reply within 72 hrs.]
Award-winning stress-relief expert Susie Mantell ...is the author of the deeply soothing relaxation CD, "Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace,” clinically approved for symptoms associated with stress and sleeplessness, depression and grief, anxiety, P.T.S.D., Fibromyalgia, caregiver stress, cancer, pain, divorce and addiction recovery. Featured in The Los Angeles Times, NBC, ABC, CBS-TV, Town & Country, The American Pain Society, Hazelden and The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, listeners include The Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, The Betty Ford Center, V.A. Hospitals,and Canyon Ranch (#1 Spa.) Customizing stress-reduction for Fortune 500 companies, distinguished hospitals and spas, Mantell has facilitated thousands in relieving health-related, work-related, chronic or traumatic stress. Her multi-sensory, mind-body techniques appear in national media, medical and corporate publications. Susie Mantell's Stress-Relief & Wellness Tips are intended as an adjunct to, not a substitute for, professional health care. Order “Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace” and find more of Mantell’s stress-relief tips at www.relaxintuit.com