Re: Re: Recording your session at the doctor's office

[Guest guest]

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As a journalist for 45 years I also was very good at taking notes -- in fact, I use a mix of Pittman's shorthand and abbreviations, but in the emotional situation talking about cancer with a doctor who might (and did) use terms I was not familiar with, I found I did miss a lot of info in my notes which the recording caught. I used a small digital recorder about the size of an Ipod Nano which cost me $49 at Radio Shack. I use it for other things all the time. It too is unobtrusive like Alan's Nano, but I made no attempt to hide it and none of the doctors objected or seemed to care.

Mike C.

Subject: Re: Recording your session at the doctor's officeTo: ProstateCancerSupport Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 10:58 PM

One more thing:I _always_ had my wife by my side at those appointments. What I missed, she caught, and vice versa. > > > >> > Emerson just suggested recording the session at a doctor's> > office.> > > > I've heard this suggestion before and it sounds like a great idea> > to me.> > > > Has anyone done this? How did it go? How did the doctor react?> > How useful was the tape?> > > > Thanks.> > > > --> > Alan Meyer> > ameyer2@>

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[Guest guest]

I also have a small recorder (digital) It will record for hours .

No tape to fool with. I use it for many meetings. In my shirt

pocket it will catch most of the other side , if there is not too

much background noise.

Different state have different laws about recording. I am in no way

using it for an kind of legal mumbo jumbo.

Just a recording so I can go over what was said and not have to

worry about notes. Going to the Dr. is one of its number one uses.

,

As a journalist for 45 years I

also was very good at taking notes -- in fact, I

use a mix of Pittman's shorthand and

abbreviations, but in the emotional situation

talking about cancer with a doctor who might

(and did) use terms I was not familiar with, I

found I did miss a lot of info in my notes which

the recording caught. I used a small digital

recorder about the size of an Ipod Nano which

cost me $49 at Radio Shack. I use it for other

things all the time. It too is unobtrusive like

Alan's Nano, but I made no attempt to hide it

and none of the doctors objected or seemed to

care.

Mike C.

Subject: Re: Recording

your session at the doctor's office

To: ProstateCancerSupport

Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 10:58 PM

One more thing:

I _always_ had my wife by my side at those

appointments. What I missed, she caught, and

vice versa.

>

>

> >

> > Emerson just suggested

recording the session at a doctor's

> > office.

> >

> > I've heard this suggestion before

and it sounds like a great idea

> > to me.

> >

> > Has anyone done this? How did it

go? How did the doctor react?

> > How useful was the tape?

> >

> > Thanks.

> >

> > --

> > Alan Meyer

> > ameyer2@

> >

>

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There are just two rules for this group

1 No Spam

2 Be kind to others

Please recognise that Prostate Cancerhas

different guises and needs different levels of

treatment and in some cases no treatment at

all. Some men even with all options offered

chose radical options that you would not

choose. We only ask that people be informed

before choice is made, we cannot and should

not tell other members what to do, other than

look at other options.

Try to delete old material that is no longer

applying when clicking reply

Try to change the title if the content

requires it