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Your assessment will be easier and more productive if you come prepared. Please bring a notebook or binder. Every person with an illness should keep their health-related information in one place. You may want to use the notebook to write down what physicians say, to record test results, keep track of symptoms and write down questions that arise - these are often forgotten during appointments.
We need to know your medical history in as much detail as possible. This includes:
Try and recall the details of your life at the time your illness began - and other illnesses you suffered in childhood. Talk about this with your family members to help you remember as much as possible. Minor illnesses, life changes, injuries or traumas may have an impact on your health that you would not have expected.
The time you spend preparing for and thinking about your assessment will help us determine what you need, and it can be rewarding in unexpected ways. The process of examining yourself and your life is an important part of the healing process.
Your initial appointment will be mostly about collecting all the information required to fully understand your illness and all the underlying and associated factors affecting your health. The process involves filling out certain forms, going through some examination procedures and a detailed interview with Dr. Nahas. This is usually a sixty-minute interview, at the end of which you will get a summary of the most important findings.
There may be a need to conduct further testing. This may include routine tests covered by OHIP or other specialized tests for which there is a cost.
At the end of the assessment, you will be provided with a comprehensive treatment plan. The plan may change based on your test results, but it may include prescription medication, prescribed exercise, nutritional advice, herbs or supplements, manual therapy or other mind-body therapies.
The initial assessment is much more productive if basic medical information is prepared by you in advance.
Please fill out the form below and bring it with you to your appointment. If this is not possible, please plan to arrive 30 minutes early to complete it at the Centre.