A personal health calendar is a written or digital tool used to record the dates of all health-related appointments, plans and/or changes in your health.
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A personal health calendar can be used to record your health and lifestyle journey. Think about including all health-related appointments, tests and treatments, symptoms, side effects to medications, and changes in your medications or health. Also include your healthy activities like exercise classes, walking distance, or starting a new therapy.
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- Items to include and track in your health calendar can include health care appointments, medication or dosage changes, changes in your health (new symptoms, pain, or improvements following medications or treatments), vaccinations, and annual screening tests.
- Include and record your health goals and achievements such as activity level, nutrition, emotional health, and sleep.
- Understand that a health calendar and your health profile combined can provide information about your health journey; what might be a problem or a concern and what has been beneficial in supporting your well-being.
Things To Do
- Create your health calendar in print, digitally, or on your phone.
- Keep a health calendar in print in your kitchen if you have care partners and caregivers involved in your care.
- Review your family health history for health conditions and inquire about what screening tests you should annually.
- Make a note of annual screening tests such as mammogram, prostate, cervical, vision, or hearing.
- Record your test dates, follow-up appointments or phone calls, and the results.
- Make a note if your appointments are in person, by phone, or on a computer screen with video and audio.
- Learn how to assess your pain levels and how to communicate your pain levels and what you need from the Canadian Cancer Society.
- Keep a record of your new or chronic pain and other symptoms. Include when it started, description and location of the pain, time of day, any connection to food or activities, impact on your sleep. A good description can help your health care team find the source and plan treatment.
- Make note of any big changes in your activity level, diet, weight, sleep, or stress levels to help make connections between your daily life and changes in your health.
- Share your online calendar with your health advocate, as needed.
- Learn how to use a google or icloud calendar on your phone to record your information and retrieve it when you are at health care visits.
Check out the Mywell Health Calendar activity under My Health Information for tips and testimonials.
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Categories: My Day to Day, My Health Information
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