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Message started by daxm on Feb 24th, 2010 at 4:57am

Title: head-ache journal
Post by daxm on Feb 24th, 2010 at 4:57am
i am on the verge of getting health insurance ...  i cant wait..   

well i have been keeping a log of my head-aches...I.E.  what time they occur and the severity. 

i read once before this was a good idea so i started mine on January 11th of this year.  i was wondering how i could optimize this little book of mine in regards to diagnosis.  what should i be paying attention to and recording in this journal of mine?  if you have done this, kept a log, i would be curious as to what info you and your doctor found most useful. 

thanks in advance...

dax

Title: Re: head-ache journal
Post by Guiseppi on Feb 24th, 2010 at 12:43pm
The important points:

When they start, how fast they build, how high they build, how long they stay at peak, how fast they go away. Identify any potential triggers, what you have used to treat the pain, what has and hasn't worked. Describe the type and location of pain, steel band around the head, boring drill thru the head, thru the eye, etc., what areas of head, neck and face are affected. That'll give them a wealth of info for diagnosis!

Joe

Title: Re: head-ache journal
Post by Brew on Feb 24th, 2010 at 1:02pm
Be careful not to let your new insurance company know that you have this. They might just use it as evidence of a "pre-existing condition."

Keep it between your doc and yourself.

And color me paranoid.

Title: Re: head-ache journal
Post by Charlie on Feb 24th, 2010 at 5:04pm

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And color me paranoid.


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You're right Brew. Good thinking!

Charlie

Title: Re: head-ache journal
Post by daxm on Feb 24th, 2010 at 6:46pm
thanks for the advice....  tips...   and color scheme

Title: Re: head-ache journal
Post by Skyhawk5 on Feb 25th, 2010 at 12:04am
You may want to print out some of these..
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