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The Spoonie Appointment Companion
Because your appointment shouldn't depend on how much you can remember while you're sitting in the room. This is a place to put everything you need, before, during, and after.
If any of this sounds familiar
You've walked out of an appointment and realised you forgot half of what you meant to say.
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You've struggled to explain what's actually been happening.
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You've been too overwhelmed to ask the questions you came in with.
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Or the perfect question arrived about three minutes after you left.
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You're not the only one.
WHAT’S INSIDE
One place to gather what you need
The Companion gives you somewhere to put the information you might want at your fingertips, designed with brain fog, fatigue, overwhelm, and medical trauma in mind.
CHECK What you want to discuss at your appointment
cHECK Symptoms, changes, and concerns you want to mention
cHECK Questions you don't want to forget
cHECK Medications, treatments, and other relevant information
cHECK Important dates, test results, or changes you may need to reference
cHECK Things you want your provider to know
cHECK Space to make notes during your appointment
cHECK What you've been told, recommended, or asked to follow up
cHECK Your next steps
Why it helps
Managing a chronic illness can feel like a full-time admin job you never applied for.
You're expected to keep track of symptoms, medications, appointments, referrals, test results, treatment plans, questions, and follow-ups. Often while you're exhausted, anxious, or sitting somewhere that already makes you uncomfortable.
The Companion helps get some of that out of your head and onto paper.
You don't need to remember everything perfectly. You don't need to explain everything perfectly. And you don't need your brain working at 100% on the one day you're expected to advocate for yourself.
How to use it
STEP ONE
Before your appointment
Jot down what's been happening, what's changed, what you want to discuss, and the questions you don't want to forget.
STEP TWO
During your appointment
Refer back to your notes, record what you're told, and keep track of the important details.
STEP THREE
After your appointment
Capture your next steps, referrals, tests, follow-ups, and anything else you need to remember.
Print a fresh copy for each appointment, keep it on your phone, or use only the sections that help and ignore the rest. There's no right way to use it.
ONE MORE THING
This isn’t about being the perfect patient
It's not about perfectly documented symptoms, or walking in with a five-page medical history. It's about a little more support when you're already carrying a lot.
You deserve to have your concerns heard, your questions answered, and to understand what's happening in your own body. And you deserve to walk out of an appointment knowing what happens next.
Laurissa, founder of The Spoonie Support Hub
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Take a little of the mental load out of your next appointment
Download the Spoonie Appointment Companion.
It's free, it's yours, and you can use as much or as little of it as you like.