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Imogene

Administrator
I'm wondering how you keep track of all your medical information.

Doctor's visits, PFT scores, Medication amounts and times, exercise, nutrition etc.

Do you use computers, the internet, pen and paper, marble notebooks?
 

Imogene

Administrator
I'm wondering how you keep track of all your medical information.

Doctor's visits, PFT scores, Medication amounts and times, exercise, nutrition etc.

Do you use computers, the internet, pen and paper, marble notebooks?
 

Imogene

Administrator
I'm wondering how you keep track of all your medical information.

Doctor's visits, PFT scores, Medication amounts and times, exercise, nutrition etc.

Do you use computers, the internet, pen and paper, marble notebooks?
 

Imogene

Administrator
I'm wondering how you keep track of all your medical information.

Doctor's visits, PFT scores, Medication amounts and times, exercise, nutrition etc.

Do you use computers, the internet, pen and paper, marble notebooks?
 

Imogene

Administrator
I'm wondering how you keep track of all your medical information.
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<br />Doctor's visits, PFT scores, Medication amounts and times, exercise, nutrition etc.
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<br />Do you use computers, the internet, pen and paper, marble notebooks?
 

Ratatosk

Administrator
Staff member
When DS was in the NICU, the hospital gave us a binder to keep all his info -- test results, vaccinations, medications, milestones, etc. but never kept it up to date. I used to keep a notebook, then graduated to a dry erase board in the kitchen to check off meds given, times, amounts eaten (formula)...

I keep a spreadsheet of all his meds, amounts, times per day taken, when tobi started or ended... And at the bottom keep an ongoing list of questions for the doctor to ask at future appointments. I print it out prior to appointments.

As for medical records, since our local cf clinic is less than forthright about culture, lab results, etc., I always fill out a release of information form after an appointment which includes everything, including doctor's notes. These I send onto his primary CF doctor in the City and keep a copy in our filing cabinet.

If I need to check information about growth percentiles, when he got sick last, cough that developed... I always seem to mention it in his blog, so I can look back at that and see how he's tracking or if there's a correlation between symptoms and say starting tobi, weather changes...

A computer program to keep track of all this would be great, 'cuz I tend to type better/faster than I write.
 

Ratatosk

Administrator
Staff member
When DS was in the NICU, the hospital gave us a binder to keep all his info -- test results, vaccinations, medications, milestones, etc. but never kept it up to date. I used to keep a notebook, then graduated to a dry erase board in the kitchen to check off meds given, times, amounts eaten (formula)...

I keep a spreadsheet of all his meds, amounts, times per day taken, when tobi started or ended... And at the bottom keep an ongoing list of questions for the doctor to ask at future appointments. I print it out prior to appointments.

As for medical records, since our local cf clinic is less than forthright about culture, lab results, etc., I always fill out a release of information form after an appointment which includes everything, including doctor's notes. These I send onto his primary CF doctor in the City and keep a copy in our filing cabinet.

If I need to check information about growth percentiles, when he got sick last, cough that developed... I always seem to mention it in his blog, so I can look back at that and see how he's tracking or if there's a correlation between symptoms and say starting tobi, weather changes...

A computer program to keep track of all this would be great, 'cuz I tend to type better/faster than I write.
 

Ratatosk

Administrator
Staff member
When DS was in the NICU, the hospital gave us a binder to keep all his info -- test results, vaccinations, medications, milestones, etc. but never kept it up to date. I used to keep a notebook, then graduated to a dry erase board in the kitchen to check off meds given, times, amounts eaten (formula)...

I keep a spreadsheet of all his meds, amounts, times per day taken, when tobi started or ended... And at the bottom keep an ongoing list of questions for the doctor to ask at future appointments. I print it out prior to appointments.

As for medical records, since our local cf clinic is less than forthright about culture, lab results, etc., I always fill out a release of information form after an appointment which includes everything, including doctor's notes. These I send onto his primary CF doctor in the City and keep a copy in our filing cabinet.

If I need to check information about growth percentiles, when he got sick last, cough that developed... I always seem to mention it in his blog, so I can look back at that and see how he's tracking or if there's a correlation between symptoms and say starting tobi, weather changes...

A computer program to keep track of all this would be great, 'cuz I tend to type better/faster than I write.
 

Ratatosk

Administrator
Staff member
When DS was in the NICU, the hospital gave us a binder to keep all his info -- test results, vaccinations, medications, milestones, etc. but never kept it up to date. I used to keep a notebook, then graduated to a dry erase board in the kitchen to check off meds given, times, amounts eaten (formula)...

I keep a spreadsheet of all his meds, amounts, times per day taken, when tobi started or ended... And at the bottom keep an ongoing list of questions for the doctor to ask at future appointments. I print it out prior to appointments.

As for medical records, since our local cf clinic is less than forthright about culture, lab results, etc., I always fill out a release of information form after an appointment which includes everything, including doctor's notes. These I send onto his primary CF doctor in the City and keep a copy in our filing cabinet.

If I need to check information about growth percentiles, when he got sick last, cough that developed... I always seem to mention it in his blog, so I can look back at that and see how he's tracking or if there's a correlation between symptoms and say starting tobi, weather changes...

A computer program to keep track of all this would be great, 'cuz I tend to type better/faster than I write.
 

Ratatosk

Administrator
Staff member
When DS was in the NICU, the hospital gave us a binder to keep all his info -- test results, vaccinations, medications, milestones, etc. but never kept it up to date. I used to keep a notebook, then graduated to a dry erase board in the kitchen to check off meds given, times, amounts eaten (formula)...
<br />
<br />I keep a spreadsheet of all his meds, amounts, times per day taken, when tobi started or ended... And at the bottom keep an ongoing list of questions for the doctor to ask at future appointments. I print it out prior to appointments.
<br />
<br />As for medical records, since our local cf clinic is less than forthright about culture, lab results, etc., I always fill out a release of information form after an appointment which includes everything, including doctor's notes. These I send onto his primary CF doctor in the City and keep a copy in our filing cabinet.
<br />
<br />If I need to check information about growth percentiles, when he got sick last, cough that developed... I always seem to mention it in his blog, so I can look back at that and see how he's tracking or if there's a correlation between symptoms and say starting tobi, weather changes...
<br />
<br />A computer program to keep track of all this would be great, 'cuz I tend to type better/faster than I write.
 

Imogene

Administrator
Liza and all:

Please God that the blogs are always available and working!

But for the records...keep them in your Office Program (Word or whichever one you use) and transfer them to the blogs for our news on Max!

Thanks for this great information!

Jeanne
 

Imogene

Administrator
Liza and all:

Please God that the blogs are always available and working!

But for the records...keep them in your Office Program (Word or whichever one you use) and transfer them to the blogs for our news on Max!

Thanks for this great information!

Jeanne
 

Imogene

Administrator
Liza and all:

Please God that the blogs are always available and working!

But for the records...keep them in your Office Program (Word or whichever one you use) and transfer them to the blogs for our news on Max!

Thanks for this great information!

Jeanne
 

Imogene

Administrator
Liza and all:

Please God that the blogs are always available and working!

But for the records...keep them in your Office Program (Word or whichever one you use) and transfer them to the blogs for our news on Max!

Thanks for this great information!

Jeanne
 

Imogene

Administrator
Liza and all:
<br />
<br />Please God that the blogs are always available and working!
<br />
<br />But for the records...keep them in your Office Program (Word or whichever one you use) and transfer them to the blogs for our news on Max!
<br />
<br />Thanks for this great information!
<br />
<br />Jeanne
<br />
<br />
 

NoExcuses

New member
I have a spreadsheet with meds so i can print it out before doc apts (Pulm, Gyn, GP, ENT, Derm, allergy, etc etc etc).

My clinic gives me a 3 year running print out of my PFT's so i file it away. Digital would be so much better though....

I am incredibly wary of keeping health records online on any site. I'm more comfortable with it on my own computer instead of on a website owned by someone that could be hacked (great example - our last names appearing on the internet last week..... mistakes happen, even by the most well-intentioned sites).
 

NoExcuses

New member
I have a spreadsheet with meds so i can print it out before doc apts (Pulm, Gyn, GP, ENT, Derm, allergy, etc etc etc).

My clinic gives me a 3 year running print out of my PFT's so i file it away. Digital would be so much better though....

I am incredibly wary of keeping health records online on any site. I'm more comfortable with it on my own computer instead of on a website owned by someone that could be hacked (great example - our last names appearing on the internet last week..... mistakes happen, even by the most well-intentioned sites).
 

NoExcuses

New member
I have a spreadsheet with meds so i can print it out before doc apts (Pulm, Gyn, GP, ENT, Derm, allergy, etc etc etc).

My clinic gives me a 3 year running print out of my PFT's so i file it away. Digital would be so much better though....

I am incredibly wary of keeping health records online on any site. I'm more comfortable with it on my own computer instead of on a website owned by someone that could be hacked (great example - our last names appearing on the internet last week..... mistakes happen, even by the most well-intentioned sites).
 

NoExcuses

New member
I have a spreadsheet with meds so i can print it out before doc apts (Pulm, Gyn, GP, ENT, Derm, allergy, etc etc etc).

My clinic gives me a 3 year running print out of my PFT's so i file it away. Digital would be so much better though....

I am incredibly wary of keeping health records online on any site. I'm more comfortable with it on my own computer instead of on a website owned by someone that could be hacked (great example - our last names appearing on the internet last week..... mistakes happen, even by the most well-intentioned sites).
 

NoExcuses

New member
I have a spreadsheet with meds so i can print it out before doc apts (Pulm, Gyn, GP, ENT, Derm, allergy, etc etc etc).
<br />
<br />My clinic gives me a 3 year running print out of my PFT's so i file it away. Digital would be so much better though....
<br />
<br />I am incredibly wary of keeping health records online on any site. I'm more comfortable with it on my own computer instead of on a website owned by someone that could be hacked (great example - our last names appearing on the internet last week..... mistakes happen, even by the most well-intentioned sites).
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