Help the Doctor Help You: 41 Secrets and Tips for Self-Advocacy to Get the BEST From Your Appointments - Softcover

Schwartz, Susie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1739350626 ISBN 13: 9781739350628

Publisher: Bird Box Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

An easy-to-read tip book packed with helpful, actionable steps you might not have thought of to help you go from ‘patient’ to ‘person’ at the doctor's!
So, you’ve been struggling with your health and are having new symptoms that are confusing. Or you’ve been diagnosed with a condition that will demand more tests and trips to the doctor.
Maybe you love someone who’s sick, and you find yourself sitting in the seat beside them.
We all want the best results from these doctor’s appointments—to feel well cared for; to be heard and understood; to go from ‘patient’ to ‘person’.
This 2nd edition of Help the Doctor Help You is full of even more practical tips, real-life stories, and authentic secrets to help you feel empowered and create a team atmosphere between you and your doctor. Plus, there are more stories (including guests!) that prove it! You can become more than ‘just a number’!
“‘Patient Extraordinaire!’ Whether you have health concerns yourself or for someone you care for, you will benefit from reading this. Susie knows how to turn an often tedious topic into an enjoyable, and dare I say, fun read.” – Barbara Lucas, RN
Everyone who’s ever had a health issue needs this book. Also makes a great gift!

About this title

About the Author

Susie is an author, public speaker, and expert patient, as she's been inadvertently collecting diseases since age nine. It started with a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, and since then she has lived with pain disorders, gastroparesis, retinopathy, and even had brain surgery. Her goal is to use her years of illness and thousands of appointments to help others bridge the gap between them and their healthcare professionals, which will result in excellent care. Susie has a regular column in six Canadian newspapers and in DWC Magazine called 'Expert Patient Here to Help!' Her personal essay, 'Pet Therapy' was published on New York Times bestselling author Esmé Wang's Substack, 'Reasons for Living.'Susie is a Canadian now living in England with her husband, Don, and Chihuahua, Carlos.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bird Box Publishing
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1739350626
• ISBN 13: 9781739350628
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 158