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Discovering History

With some gentle encouragement  from some friends I decided to pursue getting my medical records from my illness.  I've thought about it often, but never been brave enough to carry through. I've even taken screen shots of addresses to write. On one occasion I even emailed for information to find out how. But I just never carried through. In late October for an medical appointment I had, I needed to complete a form.  I couldn't do it because I really don't know what all happened to me. My family didn't keep records, I certainly didn't know. In mid October on a Sunday afternoon I sat down and filled out three letters. One to a Red Deer Hospital, one to Foothills Hospital, and one to Alberta Health Care for a statement of benefits. Today I received that statement.  It's nine pages of itemized payments to service providers from Alberta Health.  It covers the time period of July 2012 to November 2014. Services for office visits, procedures, and consultations.

Medications, lists, avoidance

Long QT comes with it's own list of drugs to avoid. Print books are obsolete before they are printed.  In the age of internet it should be easier right? My favorite site Crediblemeds.org recently changed now.  Prior you could look up any drug at any time from any device.  It rocked.  Now not so much.  Under the guise of sending updates they now require registration.  The site has an absolute fit every single time I log in though. Every single time my drugstore logs in.  The registration page is poorly worded. Login is poorly worded. I'm just not happy with them.  Why make something that is essential to life so difficult to use. Doctors can't and won't register as login can't be saved. Passwords need constantly changed. It's something beyond virus detection, ease of use.  Then of course USA names are different than Canadian names.  Looking at Pulmicort Turbohaler (budesonide) and Mylan-BECLO AQ (beclomethasone), on google have quite the warnings with beta bloc