My Health, My Life, My Rules

At eighteen, the system hands you the whole thing at once. The chart becomes yours. The phone calls become yours. The decisions become yours. Nobody teaches you how. This is the planner that teaches you. Seven sections move you from knowing your own history to speaking for yourself in the room, with the actual words to say when a doctor talks over you, trackers you will use between appointments, and a section written for the parent who has to learn how to step back. It does not tell you what to decide. It teaches you how to decide, and then it gets out of the way. Inside this planner · Know Your Story, your history in your own words · Know My Team, every provider, every number, in one place · Know My Insurance, what it actually covers and how to find out · Appointments Tracker, before, during, and after · Building Independence, the handoff, one skill at a time · The Emotional Side, what nobody schedules time for · For the Parent Letting Go, a letter and a plan