Take this into the first conversation
Use the boxes as reminders. Leave them open when you still need an answer.
What would you like to be able to do, feel or understand?
Written names can be easier to show than to recall aloud.
Leave room to explain what mattered to you.
Ask what other options can be discussed.
Include follow-up, the full bill and how to stop an ongoing service.
If the visit needs more information
Medical board guidance says the person treating you can set up needed tests, perform them, or send you to someone who can.
It also calls for in-person follow-up when an examination or other procedure is needed.
Ask what information the test is meant to add. Then ask who will explain the result to you.
