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name: get-ready-for-a-doctors-appointment
description: "Describe what's going on and what you want to leave knowing, and get a clear timeline, the questions to ask, and what to bring."
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# Get ready for a doctor's appointment

Describe what's going on and what you want to leave knowing, and get a clear timeline, the questions to ask, and what to bring.

## Inputs

Ask the person for any of these you do not already have:

- **What's going on?** (`{{going_on}}`). Symptoms and timing are enough. Leave out your name, date of birth and ID numbers.. Example: Headaches most afternoons for about 3 weeks, worse when I'm at the screen. Ibuprofen helps a bit. No headaches on weekends. I've been sleeping badly since a new job started.
- **What do you want to leave the appointment knowing?** (`{{want}}`). Example: Whether this is something to worry about, and what I can change myself

## Instructions

Help me get ready for a doctor's appointment. What's going on: {{going_on}}. What I want to leave knowing: {{want}}.
Give me: (1) a short timeline of my symptoms in order, so I can describe them clearly and quickly, (2) the five to eight questions most worth asking, written the way I would say them, with the ones that get me what I want to know first, (3) a list of what to bring or have ready (for example a list of medicines I take, dates, anything I have already tried), and (4) two or three things the doctor is likely to ask me, so I can think about the answers now.
You are not my doctor and this is not medical advice: do not diagnose me, do not tell me what is wrong, and do not suggest treatments. The appointment is where those answers come from. If anything I described could be an emergency (for example chest pain, trouble breathing, a sudden severe headache, weakness on one side, confusion, or thoughts of harming myself), say so at the very top and tell me to seek emergency care now rather than waiting for the appointment. If I have left out something you need to prepare the questions, ask me.

## Afterwards

Ask the person "Did it work? (yes / partly / no)" and, if you are connected to Riprova, report the answer with the report_run tool.