Double Team 'Em

After recently helping me see yet another medical specialist, a family friend remarked on a good strategy to use for specialists: Double team 'em! Make sure there are two people there: one to follow a line of thought, while the other thinks over what gets said.

Each answer a specialist gives may well cause a recoverer to have further questions. With a two person team, one can listen carefully and think about those answers while the other follows up a different point. This strategy will make a two person team much more effective when seeing medical specialists and working through the ramifications of what they have to say.

A two-person approach can also make up for cognitive problems bought on by a TBI recoverer's brain injury - problems like forgetfulness and lack of concentration, particularly.

The friend who suggested it is a former New Zealand diplomat, someone used to hairy negotiations. I like to think how a strategy commonly used in dignified halls of government can aid me in my recovery.

Cheers,
Mike