Week 10 Challenge: Understand Your Condition
Learning about your condition is an important part of decreasing your risks. Many words used by people in the health community like doctors or nurses are not understood by the common person. These might be names used for the condition or ways to describe certain situations or symptoms. Understanding your condition can be useful in maintaining the relationship between you and your doctor. It is also important in making sure you truly understand what you have and what steps you need to take to improve your condition.
The most important medical term to understand is what your condition actually is and what causes you to get this disease. Once you understand symptoms and causes, you can learn how to reduce certain risks.
Go to Week 10 - Challenge Tracker to track your progress.
Your Action Items This Week
- Read the terms and make sure you have an understanding of their importance. Be sure to understand how they relate to your condition.
- Look up at least one of the additional resources and spend some time reading about your condition. Use the Internet, call the toll-free number to request information, or visit the library.
- Seek out good Web sites for health information using the tips given to you.
- Refer to week 7's Medications I Take worksheet when reading week 10.
Quick Tips
1. Stay motivated!
2. When creating your I Can! Challenge goals, keep them S.M.A.R.T.
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