The Doctor Will Scare You Now...

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Apparently Halloween season isn't scary enough with all those annual news reports of poisoned candies, dangerous costumes and goblins running around. Some of you are feeling your blood run cold because you've been informed of frightening diagnoses. Imaginations are off and running with worst-case scenarios, larger-than-life medical bills and the beep-beep-brrruppp noises of medical machines.

Turn off your television, stop staring into space and step into some sunshine.

Breathe deeply. Let the warmth caress your skin as fresh air fills your lungs.

Okay, let's look at the situation with a refreshed mind and stronger heart.

You need to:

Organize your paperwork,

that blizzard of insurance & medical papers

coming at you.

Figure out how to cope with the hectic

medical appointments schedule

plus the effects of treatment.

Budget for BIG expenses.

Arrange for someone to help you to

travel to appointments

then home again,

get to the toilet,

& prepare meals

as you recover from

pain, fear &

unpredictable complications

while preserving
pleasant relationships

with people around you.

Find solutions to getting the care

you need without further strains

on your limited strength

or decreasing patience.

Now consider how you'd answer this: "How many medical problems can you solve for $8.95?"

You've asked your medical professionals how you're going to cope with all that stuff listed above. They don't necessarily know the answers.

Doctors specialize at medical care. They owe you information about your medical situation, respect and acceptance. They're not computers or librarians though you wish they were.

Reexamine your demands. Make smart medical and financial choices. Need coping info?

EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge.


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