Good list.
If your specialist requires films, BTW, going without them makes the entire appointment a complete waste of time (it's on the list, just reiterating it). Happens to my wife all the time.
People are idiots.
A couple weeks ago she was checking on a patient in the ICU and saw a familiar name. It was her (retired) receptionist. The woman had had fairly straightforward—though serious—surgery, but had neglected to tell her docs she was a drunk. Waking up after the case, she was not in good shape without the quart of booze she was used to drinking.
The last one is also pretty important. People come to my wife all the time complaining that they get up at night to piss. She always asks what they drink before bed. Most say they drink a decent amount of something (doesn't matter what). She tells them to stop drinking a lot of anything before bed and they don't ever want to. Drink a bunch then go to bed, and guess what, you're gonna have to pee. Not rocket science.
People are idiots.
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