Dr. Clowse: I really like your method and recommendations on how to approach this. It can be easy for physicians to become overwhelmed by their patient's type 2 symptoms and not feel sure on the best way to approach it. We all know (from experience) that it can be easy to inadvertently say the wrong thing and approach it incorrectly. I hope all rheumatologist read this so we we can take better care of all our patients who have systemic inflammatory diseases that also have concomitant fibromyalgia, depression, anxiety, insomnia, etc. I love how we all can learn from each other. Dr. Saira Sheikh last week told me she always likes to start with the question, "What is the most important thing to you for us to talk about today?" I love that as it puts 100% attention to the patient.
Dr. Clowse: I really like your method and recommendations on how to approach this. It can be easy for physicians to become overwhelmed by their patient's type 2 symptoms and not feel sure on the best way to approach it. We all know (from experience) that it can be easy to inadvertently say the wrong thing and approach it incorrectly. I hope all rheumatologist read this so we we can take better care of all our patients who have systemic inflammatory diseases that also have concomitant fibromyalgia, depression, anxiety, insomnia, etc. I love how we all can learn from each other. Dr. Saira Sheikh last week told me she always likes to start with the question, "What is the most important thing to you for us to talk about today?" I love that as it puts 100% attention to the patient.