Brian63
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2001
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- Michigan
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- Male
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- Freethinker/atheist/humanist
Has anyone written a comprehensive medical profile of themselves? It is a handy reference for yourself and also for your doctors during regular visits or even emergencies. Includes contacts of all your doctors. Your medications. Your detailed medical history. Family’s abbreviated medical history. Surgical history. Social history and lifestyle. Mental health history. Vaccination status. Phobias, height, weight, allergies, preferences if on life support (go FULL CODE or DNR/DNI), preferences on death (burial or cremation). It is easily accessible to you and regularly updated. What else would you include?
I am in the process of writing mine and was hoping to gather some info from my parent's about their family history. My mother seemed interested in discussing it with her own mother (who knows it better) for the benefit of us all. My dad perceived the idea of bringing up the topic to his family to be an invasion of privacy. I disagree with his interpretation (it would be voluntary in nature, and others may have never even considered the idea of writing a self medical profile before and never thought of the benefits of having one).
I am in the process of writing mine and was hoping to gather some info from my parent's about their family history. My mother seemed interested in discussing it with her own mother (who knows it better) for the benefit of us all. My dad perceived the idea of bringing up the topic to his family to be an invasion of privacy. I disagree with his interpretation (it would be voluntary in nature, and others may have never even considered the idea of writing a self medical profile before and never thought of the benefits of having one).