diff --git a/content/anecdotes/minor-day-surgery-0001.md b/content/anecdotes/minor-day-surgery-0001.md index a2c6cce..ba1616b 100644 --- a/content/anecdotes/minor-day-surgery-0001.md +++ b/content/anecdotes/minor-day-surgery-0001.md @@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ So this is really about speaking up for accommodations other don't even realize {{< end_section >}} +## Related Tips +{{< back_to_top >}} + +- [Negotiating With Doctors]({{< ref "tips/negotiating-with-doctors" >}}) + +{{< end_section >}} + ## Footnotes [^1]: By "wrecked" I just meant another thing that made my illness hella worse for a brief period diff --git a/content/tips/negotiating-with-doctors.md b/content/tips/negotiating-with-doctors.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9264010 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/tips/negotiating-with-doctors.md @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +--- +title: Negotiating With Doctors +author: + - Anonymous + - KemoNine (Ghost Writer) +publishDate: 2023-03-23 +lastMod: 2023-03-23 +toc: true +draft: false +categories: + - tips + - doctors +tags: + - negotiation + - surgery +--- + +## Changelog +{{< changelog >}} +{{< change 2023-03-23 "Initial creation" >}} +{{< /changelog >}} + +{{< end_section >}} + +## You can negotiate with doctors +{{< back_to_top >}} + +It may not be obvious but you *can* negotiate with your doctors about accommodating needs for what would normally be a trivial procedure, but isn't for us [the disabled]. + +Even with a pacing strategy, adaptations when you know you are going to encounter a major challenge to your system can be important and discussing options with a health care provider shoud address these challenges. + +However, providers tend not to offer alternatives, adaptations or strategies unless prompted. It usually best to initiate a conversation with your provider instead of waiting for them to offer. + +{{< end_section >}} + +## When to negotiate? +{{< back_to_top >}} + +Succinctly: every time. + +Trips to the dentist, travel, big events, sick loved one, all can require negotiations with health care providers. + +> This is gonna be hella hard on me, how do I mitigate that? + +If you are asking yourself how to midigate the difficulties, you should ask your doctor to work with you to mitigate your difficulties. + +It's also not just the name of the surgery or just "minor day surgery", which is the problem: "normal" people and doctors don't realize it isn't "minor" based on all the other shit I [we] have going on. + +So this is really about speaking up for accommodations other don't even realize you need. And I didn't realize I needed until I was on the other side and went: well THAT could have gone better. + +{{< end_section >}} + +## Related Anecdotes +{{< back_to_top >}} + +- [Minor Day Surgery]({{< ref "anecdotes/minor-day-surgery-0001" >}}) + +{{< back_to_top >}} \ No newline at end of file