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"And finally, before your doc- Few would accuse Rose Lieber- tor leaves the room, ques- man of being wimpy about tion her about when you taking charge of her A thor ough require a follow up visit, health. discu ssion "One time I remember should b e part . whether she'll be calling waiting in a doctor's office of the e xam. you about the results of the exams, and what and then waiting even should you be aware of in more in the examining room," recalls health insurance your condition." "I ask my doctors questions all expert and patient advocate Mrs. Lieberman. "Rather than the time," says Marsha Gordon lie on the examining table, I sat of Birmingham. "One of my ma- on that little stool the doctor jor concerns at this time of my life usually sits on, and when the is breast cancer, and even though doctor finally entered the room, I don't have any symptoms, I al- I moved the stool in front of the ways ask about my mammogram results and about the latest re- door and said: "I've waited a long time for you search. "If something is bothering me, and I'm expecting that you'll have I come prepared to ask ques- the time to spend on me." Mrs. Lieberman advises jot- tions." Dr. Richard Kushner, a gen- ting down your medical concerns about a month before the ap- eral practitioner and pediatrician pointment so that you don't for- at the Redford Clinic, says, get anything or remember a "Without a doubt, I appreciate symptom at the very end of the well-informed patients who take responsibility for their health visit. She also recommends asking care. 13y the same token, some pa- other people who are close to you if they've seen any changes or tients have an attitude. They're have any concerns about your the ones who have prediagnosed health and behavior. Often it's themselves, and arrive at the easier for someone else to see un- checkup demanding an antibiot- usual symptoms, particularly fol- ic, or decongestant, or a pain med- ication. It's my job as the medical lowing an emotional crisis. "And if you're going to the doc- expert to make the diagnosis and tor for an annual check-up, be I don't prescribe drugs casually. prepared to wait," advises Mrs. There's a difference between be- Lieberman. "Bring a book, knit- ing wisely assertive and aggres- ting, your office work, a lap-top sively not-so-smart. Dr. David Rosenberg tells his and be pleasantly surprised if you patients to bring in all their don't have to wait." For better office visits, Dr. medications each and every vis- Donald R. Powell, president for it. Dr. Rosenberg, who has a the American Institute for Pre- family practice and specializes ventative Medicine in Farming- in geriatrics in West Bloomfield, ton Hills, gives three bits of says that many of a patient's symptoms can be attributed to advice. "First, don't pretend you un- medication. "This is especially derstand what your doctor is say- true for elderly patients who are ing if you don't know. She won't probably seeing more than one know unless you tell her and she specialist, and each is prescrib- probably has more than one way ing one kind of medication or an- other. I want to see the whole to describe your condition. "Secondly," he says, "don't picture at a checkup and ques-