How Not to Be My Patient: A Physician's Secrets for Staying Healthy and Surviving Any Diagnosis - REVISED 3rd edition

How Not to Be My Patient: A Physician's Secrets for Staying Healthy and Surviving Any Diagnosis - REVISED 3rd edition

“This book is for everyone who decides to take charge of their own health and their own destiny.” —Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Why doesn’t your doctor listen to you? Are you using your precious few minutes in the exam room well? Feeling left out of a healthcare system that doesn’t seem to care—about you? Mayo Clinic's Dr. Edward Creagan addresses critical changes in the healthcare delivery system and surviving even a dread diagnosis in this revised third edition of his award-winning book so you can be an empowered patient and make the most of your 16 minutes in the exam room. You can forge the right kind of relationship with your care providers. You can understand the importance of the patient portal and why the electronic medical record has changed everything about care delivery. You need to know how COVID changed healthcare (doctors are burning out and retiring early, appointments are hard to get, specialists even harder to see, insurance companies are making decisions about your healthcare, and telemedicine has replaced the hands-on exam—none of this is good news for you, as a patient). No one has a greater stake in your health than you. If you want to be healthy for life, this book explains how you can— Learn to talk so your doctor will listen . - Get insights on how to navigate patient portals and telemedicine visits. - Understand your diagnosis—and realize that you can survive bad news. - Follow Dr. Ed’s 8 simple commandments for living well —and you’ll live long enough to cash in your 401(k) if you haven’t already. - Separate hype from hope, especially with perplexing medical headlines and confusing internet information. - Get insight into what your doctor wasn’t taught in medical school. - Combine the best of traditional and complementary treatments. Edward T. Creagan, MD, FAAHPM, is Professor Emeritus of Medical Oncology at the Mayo Clinic Medical School, Emeritus Professor of Humanism in Medicine, and Emeritus Consultant in Palliative Medicine. He is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and hospice medicine and palliative care. Awards for this book: Silver Winner, Benjamin Franklin Awards, health - Silver Winner, IndieFab Book of the Year, health - Finalist, Midwest Book Awards, health/fitness "Forget the TV doctors (please!). Dr. Ed Creagan is the real deal, a superb physician who knows what it takes for people to live long and well. In this book, he generously shares his experience and wisdom with the rest of us. I, for one, am taking his guidance to heart, and I hope to outlive him!" --Ira Byock, MD, Professor, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and author of Dying Well and The Best Care Possible What others are saying about How Not to Be My Patient "Forget the TV doctors (please!). Dr. Ed Creagan is the real deal, a superb physician who knows what it takes for people to live long and well. In this book, he generously shares his experience and wisdom with the rest of us. I, for one, am taking his guidance to heart, and I hope to outlive him!" Ira Byock, MD, Professor, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, palliative care physician, and author of Dying Well and The Best Care Possible "I have shared the podium with my good friend Dr. Ed. The two of us—a cancer doc and a veterinarian, an unlikely tag team— understand the amazing healing power of the animal-human connection and have devoted our careers to this bond. I am delighted that, finally, medical doctors embrace the importance of our companion animals as a key part of the pet prescription. Dr. Ed explains this connection and devotes nearly a full chapter to the power of the 'Lab' results and 'cat' scan in modern medicine in his outstanding book about prevention and survival." Marty Becker, DVM, former resident vet on Good Morning America "I saw Dr. Creagan at Mayo Clinic for a life-threatening condition thirty years ago. We looked at my prognosis and prayed, and then we got busy surviving. Sometimes the best medicine—besides a battalion of medical care—is a doctor who is kind, gracious, and understanding. That's Dr. Creagan. I thank God for His help, but I also thank Dr. Creagan for helping me survive a scary diagnosis. He says I'm a miracle. And I am." Candy Wood Lindley, author of Face of Faith: Discovering a Different Kind of Makeover "Ed Creagan is the most gifted teacher of wellness I have ever seen in my career. A deeply valued close friend and colleague, I have seen Ed draw upon his vast and heartfelt experience with thousands of cancer patients to distill down the core tenets of wellness in a way anyone can apply. I have seen the amazing power of Ed's message and perspective whether he is speaking to one person or a thousand. Ed has helped change many lives, I bet his perspectives and stories in his new book may help you change yours." Ruben Mesa, MD, FACP, Executive Director, Mays Cancer Center, at UT Health San Antonio, MD Anderson "Throughout his career as a disti