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Title: Seeing Dr. Greenberger, any advice?
Post by CrystalG on 09/20/12 at 06:07:53

I am SO happy, I received a call today from Dr. Greenberger's office and I have an appt in a few weeks. I am nervous as I want to make the best of this appt and be prepared. Any advice on questions I should ask or information I should have for him? Anything anyone can tell me to best prepare would be greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: Seeing Dr. Greenberger, any advice?
Post by Joan on 09/21/12 at 17:41:23

Hi Crystal,

I would make lists to take with me to the appointment. For example, lists of symptoms, foods that bother you, other GI triggers. If you have medicine questions, write those down. I would ask for a medicine protocol to help alleviate all my symptoms. I'd take a written out list of my medicine regimen (what, how much, and when I take them). If I didn't have a formal diagnosis, I would ask for that. Take your local physician's card or contact information so Dr. G. can send a report and results of any testing. I would ask him if there's a way to communicate with him after you're home in case medicines need tweaking or you aren't getting relief.

That's all I can think of right now.

Title: Re: Seeing Dr. Greenberger, any advice?
Post by CrystalG on 09/23/12 at 06:27:48

Thank you Joan for all of this advice, this will be very helpful. I am going to get all of this together. If you think of anything else, definitely let me know. Thanks again!!

Title: Re: Seeing Dr. Greenberger, any advice?
Post by DeborahW, Founder on 09/24/12 at 00:45:36

There is a post in the Start Here category of the forum which lists suggested questions to ask at your consultation with a specialist.