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Walk in ready to be heard. Leave with a plan.
General guidance to help you make the most of your visit. Not a substitute for medical advice.
Living with pain that lasts is wearing, and it is managed over time, so a clear record of where it hurts and what helps makes your visit more useful. Here is what to prepare, what to ask, and how to follow up.
Track where the pain is, how it feels, and how it changes through the day and with activity or rest. Note how it affects your sleep, mood, and daily life, and rate it so you can see patterns over time.
Write down what you have tried, from medication to movement to other therapies, and how well each helped. List your current medications and any side effects.
Expect your doctor to ask about your pain and how it affects your life, examine you, and talk through a management plan that may combine approaches. Lead with your notes so the visit focuses on what matters to you.
Take notes as the doctor talks, record the meeting (with their permission!) in myStoria, or add a quick voice note to myStoria as soon as possible afterward so that you are not relying on memory alone.
Before you leave the clinic, ask for copies of anything from the visit, like lab results, assessments, or referrals, and upload them to myStoria to keep your history complete. (If you aren't able to get copies, connect with Concierge and we can help you source them!)
After the visit, keep tracking your pain, your sleep and mood, and whether the plan is helping, along with any side effects. A clear record helps you and your doctor adjust.
If your pain suddenly becomes severe or changes in nature, or comes with new weakness, numbness, or loss of bladder or bowel control, seek urgent care right away.
myStoria keeps where the pain is, how it changes, and what helps in one private place, so your appointment starts from a clear pattern rather than a single hard day. Everything stays with you between visits, so a follow-up builds on the last. And when you want to talk something through, you can schedule a video consult in advance with a member of our team, several of whom are nurses.
This page offers general information to help you prepare for and follow up on your chronic pain appointment. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If your pain suddenly becomes severe, or comes with new weakness, numbness, or loss of bladder or bowel control, seek urgent care right away. myStoria video consults are scheduled in advance.
