Request for help composing an advance letter to health care specialists

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What should be included in a letter to a physician that arrives before WE

do?

 

 

Elaine Willis, who has Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and a host of other

illnesses, contacted me for help in composing an advance letter for her

health care specialists. She’d love to have input from as many people with

MCS

as possible. Please leave your thoughts in the comment section

 

 

 

**My family doctor (primary care physician) has asked that I prepare the

letter that will go to specialists prior to my first arrival. It needs to

elucidate in few words what to do to make my visit safe. It must also explain

MCS (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity) to a physician who may have had no

education about or exposure to a patient with the kind of symptoms I

experience. My symptoms can be mild (for me) which may include coughing, asthma,

brain fog and increased ataxia (you see I already I have ataxia – the

hereditary kind). Or, they can be medium, slurred speech, severe ataxia,

altered

blood pressure, complete inability to focus or answer questions, stuttering,

poor word-finding skills and dizziness. And of course, the biggie…

anaphylaxis… and it happens too often.

 

So, my desire with this post is to engage the assistance of others with

MCS. What should be included in a letter to a physician that arrives before

WE do? First appointment of the day? No waiting? This is a brainstorm – so

all ideas are accepted. I will choose the ones I want for my letter and post

it. Maybe it will be useful for others, too!

 

Please leave your suggestions here in the comment section. Thank you. **