I just started a new book yesterday afternoon called Cancer Olympics. One of things that has struck me the most so far is that the author created a one-page typed summary about her case, important dates and details, that she basically handed to every new doctor that she came across. I suppose it cuts out repeating the story 100 times. And it puts the dates and details in writing, which, in the case of the author might have helped her case from the very beginning, as there was a severe lack of communication between doctors. For me, the topic of communication of dates and details becomes immediately important as I seek out a second opinion. Creating this summary or timeline seems like a lot of work but really, it's what I've been living for the past 6 months, it's my life, it's my story, it can't be that hard to get all of that on to one page, right?
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