First Appointment With Neurologist...?
Hi everyone,
I have my first appointment with the neurologist at The Walton Centre next week. I'm quite anxious about the whole thing, and feel that I'm very unprepared for what to expect. I'm also unsure of what I want to ask the consultant, if anything, but I feel that if I don't ask questions, I will be left more in the dark going out than when I went in.
Were there any questions you asked in your first appointment that you felt were helpful, or if there weren't, what would you have asked if you had been able to?
I found it helpful to take a conscice chronology of symptoms in bullet points so i didnt forget anything.
They’ll want to know about all your symptoms & will probably do an examination. They may show you your MRIs & explain where lesions are. They’ll probably talk about DMTs but won’t be expecting you to make snap decisions on those. I guess the obvious questions are about treatment & the future. I can’t really remember what I asked, it was mostly listening & trying to take it all in! I wasn’t very clued up before my first appt, I’d approach it differently now as I’ve picked up so much more information from elsewhere. I make sure I have a list of what I want to discuss so I don’t forget. I also record the appointment on my phone so I have a reminder of what he said - I ask first, but my neuro doesn’t mind.