What to bring to your next GLP-1 appointment

GLP-1 follow-ups are often short. Ten or fifteen minutes, sometimes a phone call, sometimes a quick video chat between other things. That's not much time to cover how the last month or three have gone, and it's easy to walk out having forgotten the one thing you meant to ask.

A little preparation changes that. This guide is a checklist of what's worth bringing, how to write your questions down, and how to fit it all onto a single page that your prescriber can read in a minute. Tick things off as you go; the ticks are kept on this device only.

Before the appointment

The most useful preparation happens a day or two before, not in the waiting room. Run through the list below and gather what you have. You don't need all of it; anything is better than memory alone.

Bring the record, not the memory

Memory is generous to some weeks and unfair to others. A simple record removes the guesswork:

• Doses. Your injection log shows when each dose was taken, any that were late or moved, and when your dose changed.
• Weight. A 7-day average tells a clearer story than a single weigh-in, and a chart with dose changes marked shows what happened around each change.
• How you've felt. A side effect journal laid out by day since the dose is quick to read and much more reliable than "it's been up and down".
• Supply. If you're running low, say so early. Our guide to tracking doses left in a pen helps you know the date.

Your prescriber can't see your week. A one-page record lets them.

Write your questions down first

Questions asked from memory tend to come out in the order they occur to you, with the important one remembered in the car park. Write them down beforehand and put them in order of importance, so the top ones get answered even if time runs short.

Some questions people often find worth asking:

• Is there anything in my log you'd like me to keep track of differently?
• What should I do if I'm late with a dose, or miss one? (Your label also covers this; see where to find the missed-dose rule.)
• Is there anything I've noticed that I should contact you about sooner next time?
• When should I next check in with you, and how?
• Are there any targets for food, protein or water you'd like me to aim for?

Write the answers down too, either during the appointment or straight after. A one-line summary of what was decided is worth keeping in your log, with the date.

Keep it to one page

A prescriber reading a stack of printouts in a short appointment will skim. One page, with the most important things at the top, gets read. A good order:

1. Your questions, most important first
2. Your current dose and when it last changed
3. Your weight average now compared with last time
4. Anything you noticed that you want to mention
5. Your other medicines

Making the page

You can write the page by hand, put it together from a spreadsheet, or let an app do it. Hushweek exports your full history to CSV for free, and makes a doctor report on your phone: your medicine, doses, weight trend, side effects and check-ins, in one PDF. Your first report is free; every one after it comes with Hushweek Pro. Make it from the appointment in You › Appointments, where you can keep your questions as you think of them, and the ones you haven't asked yet go at the top. The report is made on your phone and only goes where you send it.

Before you share anything, give the log a quick look. If a dose went in with the wrong time or amount, you can correct it in Hushweek from History or that day's page.

Afterwards

Add a short note to your log on the day: the date of the appointment, anything that changed, and when the next one is. In Hushweek, the appointment's What was said box keeps that note with its date. If your dose changed, log the new one exactly as it's written on your prescription. Next time, that note is the first thing on your page.

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