tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post2326875110533970954..comments2024-03-29T02:59:26.539-04:00Comments on THE MEANEST MOM: Medical History FormsJanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840070603313673129noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-16583167049821680362009-07-14T10:55:29.232-04:002009-07-14T10:55:29.232-04:00When you have time, check out this solution to tak...When you have time, check out this solution to take control of your healthcare and never have to fill out another medical history form again. <br /><br />You can use the Word templates or print the PDF files. When a doctor's office needs a list of medications or health history, just hand them your flash drive or printed pages, and have them copy the pages they need. <br /><br /> It's easy, fast and fun. There's even a bonus section for home/finances. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.MyFastTrackOrganizer.com" rel="nofollow">www.MyFastTrackOrganizer.com</a>Kimhttp://www.myfasttrackorganizer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-22675524978912399072009-06-30T09:14:34.176-04:002009-06-30T09:14:34.176-04:00you know, I don't mind the forms all that much...you know, I don't mind the forms all that much, what got me is the note my doctor mailed to me explaining the results of the last 24 hour urine test I took<br /><br />www.diagnosisunavailable.blogspot.com<br />www.lewis4higer.blogspot.comMeagan and Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117589148981534834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-17614787310760238502009-06-29T19:27:26.793-04:002009-06-29T19:27:26.793-04:00I've had 12 surgeries and don't feel it ne...I've had 12 surgeries and don't feel it necessary to list them all when going in for strep throat or a back injury. Especially when they only give you a tiny line to write them on. Does it really matter that I had my appendix out? Does this change the treatment I will receive for my seasonal allergies? <br /><br />I do understand listing all medications, b/c of effects, but otherwise some of those questions are just stupid. Who DOESN'T have trouble sleeping? And they never even ask you about that long page of boxes anyway, so what does it matter?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-2973125947415879312009-06-29T00:17:51.557-04:002009-06-29T00:17:51.557-04:00I once told my doctor and his troop of interns tha...I once told my doctor and his troop of interns that they couldn't stay for my colonoscopy unless they had had one in front of a room of strangers. They all left. Seething, and I didn't care.<br /><br />You go girl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-58607388834144481632009-06-26T15:08:54.821-04:002009-06-26T15:08:54.821-04:00oh Jana are you serious? You are a seasoned pro an...oh Jana are you serious? You are a seasoned pro and yet haven't figure this one out yet? TAKE ALL THE KIDS and LET THEM ACT LIKE KIDS!! :)<br />I took my son to the dermatologist just last month and they handed me a bunch of forms and a pen and said to fill them all out again, along with the insurance form-even though they had just copied the card with the same info. I started filling them out, but had to let the four kids roam in the process. In only minutes they had worked through "kissing" the fishies through the tank, playing "over and under" with the waiting room chairs, and had just began a game of tag in the 10x15 waiting room when the receptionist ran out and litterly ripped the clipboard and pen from my hands, telling me I'm sorry I was wrong you didn't need to fill those out all while giving my kids dirty looks, and less than 5 minutes later we had been seen, had a prescription and were half way across the parking lot.<br />Some days it does pay to have kids and NO we will not be returning to the clinic with the child phobic staff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-73454406716909991992009-06-26T00:11:29.285-04:002009-06-26T00:11:29.285-04:00Living in Canada has it's advantages, no paper...Living in Canada has it's advantages, no paperwork, FREE medical care, federal insurance which covers everything, we don't lack for care and have any doctor we want, we even live a few years longer than Americans... <br />We lived in Montana for a few months and naively had a baby down there too, against the advice we were given from our new friends who told us to go back to Canada and have our baby there, boy we learned a hard lesson! We learned the foreign concept of filling out forms and pre-payments (which doesn't exist in canada) and dealing with the insurance denials which were eventually covered and approved after long phone calls... let's just say that didn't encourage us to stay long down there! We got the offer to a position back in the home country and we snapped it up without a second thought and blissfully loving the universal healthcare and lack of filling out forms.<br /><br />With research and a friend who worked at the hospital there, I have found forms that are filled out are sent to insurance companies to find reasons to deny claims and charge more due to medical histories. Even watched Micheal Moore's documentary movie: SICKO, which made me realize I LOVE being in CANADA!! (and will never go into the states again without traveler's insurance!!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-65471634394310611412009-06-25T20:30:58.072-04:002009-06-25T20:30:58.072-04:00i think they should just photo copy your first for...i think they should just photo copy your first form and assume you are still the same weight, height, age, and so on as when you filled out the form?Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14773115334767043438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-77836092297404668662009-06-25T20:26:13.624-04:002009-06-25T20:26:13.624-04:00I don't know about the rash, but have you look...I don't know about the rash, but have you looked at dietary cures for Crohn's? Have you looked at Patient, Heal Thyself by Jordan Rubin? <br />http://www.crohns.net/Miva/productinfo/ExcerptPHT.shtmlSinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442173565906462153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-52814152640204245692009-06-25T20:04:23.529-04:002009-06-25T20:04:23.529-04:00Go out and rent the movie GHOST TOWN. It has one o...Go out and rent the movie GHOST TOWN. It has one of the funniest parts about doctors asking the main charater his medical history for a colon exam! Seriously, so funny!!! YOU WILL LOVE THIS MOVIE!!! (GHOST TOWN)Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125930067952681146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-30396108071172280652009-06-25T19:13:27.537-04:002009-06-25T19:13:27.537-04:00My favorite is spending 20 minutes filling out the...My favorite is spending 20 minutes filling out the paperwork (which I didn't show up for since my GP's office is consistently at least 30 minutes late), only to get back to the exam room and have the nurse/medical assistant ask me all the same questions as they type into the computer the answers to questions that I just wrote down on the paperwork. Then when the doc finally comes in, he sits down at the computer screen, reads all the information I just gave twice, and asks me all the same questions again. **anger at just spending 45 minutes waiting to give information nobody seems to actually need**<br /><br />The friendly folks at my neurologist's office, on the other hand, see me so often and know me so well that they haven't asked me to fill out a medical history for years. We're tight like that.<br /><br />Gotta love chronic conditions.J.Ronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-72236837894114332902009-06-25T18:58:05.864-04:002009-06-25T18:58:05.864-04:00I totally agree about filling out the same forms o...I totally agree about filling out the same forms over and over. I like the ones who ask if any information has changed.<br /><br />Reminds me of when I call the credit card company, and the robo-voice tells me to key in my card number and zip code. When I finally get a human to talk to, they ALWAYS ask for my card number and zip code! What the heck?!?Texas Susanhttp://susansternberg.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-8980933360495813062009-06-25T17:41:59.531-04:002009-06-25T17:41:59.531-04:00Lol. You're going to single handedly put the ...Lol. You're going to single handedly put the power back in the hands of the patients! Good job!Rebecca is Thrilled by the Thoughthttp://www.thrilledbythethought.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-21394715735419166922009-06-25T16:47:21.660-04:002009-06-25T16:47:21.660-04:00Oops, I meant their not they're in the previou...Oops, I meant their not they're in the previous post. I really need to re-read before sending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-3334365541265297442009-06-25T16:45:56.951-04:002009-06-25T16:45:56.951-04:00Oh, lighten up on the poor docs. They're malp...Oh, lighten up on the poor docs. They're malpractice insurance is extremely expensive because they get sued over someone having a reaction to a med that didn't mix with another med they were taking. Sadly, the patient forgot to mention the other med. I admit it's annoying to fill out the same forms EACH visit, but I would rather fill out the forms and have the doc double-check. At least then I know they are trying to make sure there are no mistakes.<br /><br />The idea of copying the forms is great, just so long as they ask you to scan over it every so often to make sure it's still relevant. Sometimes we forget when we've changed a med because it didn't agree with us and the old med is still listed on the form.<br /><br />On a side note: I did get a doctor to tell me all the details of her upcoming wedding and her honeymoon. Hee, hee, hee, I may understand WHY I have to fill out all the forms and answer the questions, but it still doesn't stop me from prying the docs as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-78224176608693168392009-06-25T15:23:41.137-04:002009-06-25T15:23:41.137-04:00I SO feel your pain. The worst part to me is, eve...I SO feel your pain. The worst part to me is, even if you fill out the forms, the first thing they ask you are the things you filled out on the forms!<br /><br />I just took my daughter into the doc. yesterday. She has the flu, evidently. The next question I hear is: "Have you been around anyone with the flu?"...as if I neglected to mention that earlier??? <br /><br />My reply should have been: "Yes, and while we were at it...decided to kiss on the mouth, roll around in their bedding and use their toothbrushes."<br /><br />Good times, good times.Carrie and Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301220198381418174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-45985680868018248122009-06-25T14:57:20.264-04:002009-06-25T14:57:20.264-04:00At my OB's office, they give you the same seve...At my OB's office, they give you the same several-pages-long form every year. My favorite questions: Birthdate? immediately followed by Age?. Figure it out! Also, they need to know my driver's license #? This year, I refused to fill out a slew of questions. Next year, I am going to ask them for this year's form and have them Xerox it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-71903903077116398132009-06-25T13:24:28.791-04:002009-06-25T13:24:28.791-04:00I have psoriasis, and so I see the dermatologist r...I have psoriasis, and so I see the dermatologist regurally as well. Once he wanted a biopsy from my bum, and when he commented on my attitude about it, I asked how he'd like to drop his pants and show me HIS bum and then have me take a chunk out of it - HELLO??? Not anyone's idea of a good time.Jan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16220489352938098419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-75902127742880727282009-06-25T13:20:18.442-04:002009-06-25T13:20:18.442-04:00I wonder where your kids get their stubbornness fr...I wonder where your kids get their stubbornness from....?Daynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00546348896924757969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-47825381514875994442009-06-25T13:19:11.685-04:002009-06-25T13:19:11.685-04:00All through reading about you asking ?s about the ...All through reading about you asking ?s about the diamond I kept reliving tv commercials from a local company. No matter what the person is talking about, one for instance her hand was caught in an elevator, the saving party can't stop asking about the ring on her finger. They are pretty funny, maybe you should submit your story to them and you'll make the big bucks when they turn it into a commercial. :) <br /> I hate those endless forms too. <br />Oh and I am pretty proficient at getting rid of superpowered mice..I was mouse sitting one whose superpowers were to run in circles for hours and hours, when she was finally to be picked up. She had run her last circle. oops. :(QCMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-87310196168724528062009-06-25T13:15:21.709-04:002009-06-25T13:15:21.709-04:00I can relate 100%. I have Crohn's too (=lots o...I can relate 100%. I have Crohn's too (=lots of doc apt) and I get so annoyed with all the repeated questions/forms every visit. What kills me is the front office staff is so adamant about keeping your paper work up to date and the doctor then asks you ALL the same questions and charts it himself.<br /><br />I've thought about asking the doc a bunch of personal questions as you mentioned. Your too funny.<br /><br />Another thing I find astonishing is that I update my address and phone number EVERY SINGLE time I go to the doc and EVERY SINGLE time they have my address WRONG. This worries me a little.Gloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10285157434823102573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-65745075159739988662009-06-25T13:09:34.736-04:002009-06-25T13:09:34.736-04:00One of my best friends that goes to my church, and...One of my best friends that goes to my church, and i have grown up with, just got diagnoised with Chron's disease!Ande Malinowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220657344884607472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-35456992000251397062009-06-25T12:54:39.027-04:002009-06-25T12:54:39.027-04:00Patients like you make doctors SO happy.Patients like you make doctors SO happy.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-1500697402682902052009-06-25T12:42:59.458-04:002009-06-25T12:42:59.458-04:00I love that every time my son has a surgery at UCL...I love that every time my son has a surgery at UCLA medical center I am asked 50 times a day by every doctor, student, resident and nurse about my sons allergy to amoxicillin even though he is wearing a bright red wrist band and it's highlighted on every page of his chart. I sign countless forms over and over acknowledging this, I tell every person who even pokes their head in the room when they ask and invariably in a few minutes there will be someone new asking. Does anyone even look at the forms?<br /><br />What would they do if I wasn't there?Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053527911135443696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-40064769493920596602009-06-25T12:21:52.591-04:002009-06-25T12:21:52.591-04:00Love your blog! I usually refuse to do medical his...Love your blog! I usually refuse to do medical histories too, esp when I already have the doctor wrapped around my finger. I've been negotiating with my doctors since I was 4 years old. The trick is to show them within one sentance you know more or as much they do.Who me?!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05892021365529605199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-47844018377535650762009-06-25T12:12:03.409-04:002009-06-25T12:12:03.409-04:00It's all one big conspiracy set up by doctors ...It's all one big conspiracy set up by doctors to drive us insane...Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14180987728892745670noreply@blogger.com