So tomorrow, I’m going to see Kurt Hecox in Milwaukee. He’s a neurologist who’s considered one of the brightest minds in his field. He’s an out-of-the-box thinker and extremely bright.
I have a brother who, when he had epilepsy, went through probably 3 years of unhelpful doctor’s visits and unsuccessful medicine trials. Then we were referred to Hecox. He figured out the problem and the correct treatment where no one else had been able to. So our hope is that he will be able to do the same for me.
Basically, I need a way to come up with a ~2-minute summary of my problem. That’s hard on many levels, especially given that this is a very long, drawn-out situation, but with many varied and changing symptoms. And God only knows what it’s like trying to DESCRIBE my personal experience of dizziness. (It’s like trying to describe color to a blind person … sound to a deaf person.)
As I was reminded earlier this morning, he’s not going to be looking for a long, drawn-out explanation from me. The way his mind works, he’ll simply know (or, at least, decide as he goes) which questions to ask.
Now, I don’t know whether to mention MAV. Maybe he’s heard of it; maybe he hasn’t. I’ll probably either mention it at some point or just let him read about it when he looks through the medical records I’m bringing (he’ll probably peruse those at a later time, mull everything over, then get back to me).
So, bottom line, when you’re going to see a neurologist who’s an extremely bright thinker, in the hopes that he’ll “find” / understand / see (etc…) something that others have missed … how do I go about setting up a brief summary of my problem? I could write a novel if I wanted to. Condensing it into a two-minute initial summary is HARD.
Any suggestions? (What to include, what not to, for example?)