You can take charge of your own health

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They say it is important for one to understand the need to speak up, and get their voices heard in matters that concern them.

While this is much pronounced in social and political settings, it is important that you also develop the habit of speaking up when interacting with healthcare providers. Let’s look at a typical scenario where you as the patient gets to interact with a healthcare provider. Now, you come in with some illness and got to tell your story. The doctor asks a few questions, looks you over and makes some recommendations. You dutifully obey the orders to get some tests done, take some medications, and come back after a while for review. Did you really play any active role in the decisions that were made about you? Or did you just sit back and accept everything? After all, the doctors know best. Do they really?