How to create a health journal

By Alison Johnson
Daily Press

A written record of your health history can help prevent many medical errors, doctors say. “If you record details when they're fresh in your mind, you won't forget to tell your doctor something important,” says Dr. Michael Weaver, an associate professor of internal medicine and psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Here's how to start:

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I have to get tested for cancer.... AGAIN

Ironically this was going to be a post to celebrate the fact that it's my 1,800th post in this blog, but instead it's to tell them the result of my gynecology appointment from Monday. I had to get a checkup due to my recent problems. The doctor is having me get a pelvic ultrasound done in a couple weeks so she can see if anything specific shows up, and then she's going to check for cancer

I feel like a medical guinea pig

Warning some people (including myself) may find this post very gross ....

I've been having ovarian problems for a year and a half. I'm so sick of the issue. My gynecologist keeps changing me from one medicine to another and nothing is helping. She keeps hesitating when I suggest just doing a hysterectomy because I'm "too young." I really want to just take a steak knife and cut out my ovaries