Are You Tracking the Wrong Symptoms After 50? 3 Mistakes Caregivers Make
Are You Tracking the Wrong Symptoms After 50? Last month I got a message from a caregiver. Her dad, 72, had been "off" for 2 weeks. Tired. Dizzy. Not eating well. When she finally took him to the doctor, the first question was: "When did this start? What else was happening?" She froze. "I don’t know. He’s just been... off." If that sounds familiar, you’re not failing. You’re just tracking the wrong things. And you’re not alone. Most of us only write things down when something big happens. A fall. A hospital trip. But doctors don’t diagnose from one big event. They diagnose from patterns. And patterns only show up when we track the small stuff too. The 3 Mistakes Caregivers Make With Symptom Tracking 1. Only tracking "big" events We write: "Fell on Tuesday." But we forget to write: "Was dizzy Monday morning, skipped lunch Monday, slept badly Sunday night." The fall wasn’t the start. It was the result. If we’d tracked ...