Chronic Conditions

Are you on any type of restricted diet?
Can you do anything to reduce scarring after surgery?
Do you have any chronic diseases?
Do you have any congenital diseases?
How has your health effected your ability to do your job?
How has your health effected your family life?
How has your health effected your relationships?
The best part of being ____ is _____
The most frustrating aspect of my health is ____
The worst part of having ___ is____

Doctors and Hospitals

Are there any questions on medical forms that leave you out?
Are there any questions on medical forms that make you uncomfortable?
Are you faithful about keeping appointments?

Best thing to do while waiting in a waiting room.
Did someone recommend your doctor?

Do you enjoy going to the dentist?
Do you ever have trouble getting to appointments?
Do you have any diseases in your family history that concern you?
Do you prefer male or female doctors?

Do you support active/passive euthanasia? Why or why not?
Do you tell the truth about your brushing and flossing habits to the dentist?
Do you think HMOs should have the power to tell doctors what can and cannot be treated?
Do you think physician discipline should be public record?

Does your doctor answer questions via email?
Does your doctor know that you skip meds?
Does your doctor prescribe meds over the phone?
Does your doctor return phone calls within a reasonable amount of time?
Does your doctor routinely test for diabetes?

Have you ever lied or exaggerated symptoms so your doctor would prescribe a drug you thought would cure what was ailing you sooner?
How could your doctor's office be more patient friendly?
How did you choose your dentist?
How did you find the doctor you have now?
How do you feel about going to the dentist?
How do you feel about going to the doctor?
How late does your doctor run?
How long do you have to wait for an appointment with your doctor?
How long is the wait for your doctor after your appointment time?
How often do you go to the dentist?

If you ran a hospital, what policy would you make for patients without insurance or money?
Is the staff friendly at your doctor's office?

What criteria did you use to decide that your doctor was the right one for you?
What do you do when you don't understand your doctor's instructions?
What do you wish about your doctor's waiting room?
What do you wish they would put in every waiting room in the country?
What steps would you recommend be taken to make health care more available to everyone?
When do you go to the dentist?
When do you go to the doctor when you are sick? Fairly early or do you wait until you are really really incapacitated?
Would you be willing to pay for National Health Care Plan?

Emotional Health

Are you ever lonely when surrounded by people?
Are you happier today than in the past?
Are you often lonely?


Do you believe you have an inner voice?
Do you believe you know yourself well?
Do you ever cry uncontrollably?
Do you ever wish you were born the opposite sex?
Do you hate yourself?
Do you have what someone might classify as a mental disorder?
Do your emotions ever freeze and you feel nothing?

Have you ever suppressed or killed off part of yourself you didn't like?
How do you feel about therapy?
How do you feel mentally right now?

What are you afraid to share but is on your mind?
What are you haunted by the memory of?
What do you wish you didn't remember?
What reason would you seriously consider suicide?

Are you are risk taker?
Are you conservative,live by the book,follow the plan?
Are you ever baffled by health stories?
Are you Right brained (being creative) or Left brained (anaylitcal)?
Are you ticklish?

Can you be alone and not lonely?
Can you rub your tummy and pat your head at the same time?
Can you snap your fingers?
Can you touch your tongue and your nose?
Can you wiggle your ears?
Can you wiggle your nose?

Do you blush?
Do you ever get the feeling something is off but can't figure it out?
Do you fear a particular sickness or disease?
Do you fear blindness?
Do you fear crowds?
Do you fear death?
Do you fear failure?
Do you fear guns?
Do you fear hair loss?
Do you fear illness?
Do you fear injections?
Do you fear knives?
Do you fear old age?
Do you fear sirens?
Do you fear spiders?
Do you fear terrorism?
Do you fear water?
Do you feel you are living a good life?
Do you have something you wish you could confess?
Do you know what your worst nightmare would be (aside from someone in your family dying or becoming ill)?
Do you listen to your inner voice?
Do you live in the present, the past or the future?
Do you love yourself?
Do you make yourself happy?
Do you pick your nose?
Do you prefer to be hot or cold?

Do you remember something you thought was really beautiful? Rainbows, sunset or sunrise colors, clouds, storms, etc?
Do you sleep with a light on?
Do you sleep with stuffed animals?
Do you sleep with your bedroom door shut?
Do you stand up for what you believe in?
Do you trust others easily?
Do you trust yourself to handle emergencies well?
Do you understand yourself well?

Each of these is about to crawl on you (one at a time, LOL). On a scale of one to ten - one means you don't mind at all; ten means you are so freaked out you might need a padded cell - how disturbed are you? 1. Moth; 2. Cockroach; 3. Spider; 4. Caterpillar; 5. Centipede; 6. Earwigs

How do you deal with frustration?
How do you feel when you get into a fight?
How do you feel when you witness a fight?
How do you find peace?
How patient are you?
How well do you handle a crisis?
How well do you handle pain?

If there were no side effects you would enjoy being addicted to ____:
Is being sick a vacation?

Something forbidden you have done that would surprise even your closest friends.
Something kind you have done that would surprise even your closest friends.

Talk about one time/thing you get nostalgic about.
Tell me about a special moment in your life this week .
Tell us about a moment when you achieved true happiness.
Tell us about a moment when you felt giddy.
Tell us about a moment when you felt sorrow.
Tell us about a time when you chose to be better instead of bitter.

What are some things you love about being you?
What are you most proud of?
What are you thankful for today?
What compliment has made you blush?
What country do you fear exploring?
What crime do you fear?
What disaster do you fear?
What do other people do that embarrasses you?
What do you do to make yourself feel better about yourself?
What do you fear about having children?
What do you fear about marriage?
What do you feel the most guilt regarding?
What do you need to loosen up and lighten up about?
What do you need when you are angry?
What do you need when you are depressed?
What do you need when you are happy?
What do you need when you are lonely?
What do you need when you are sad?
What embarrasses you when you do it?
What emotion do you experience most?
What emotion do you hide?
What event has affected you most?
What habits do you have that you recognize? What don't you like, which do you like?
What has been on your mind for a long time?
What has been on your mind lately?
What has been your most fearful moment?
What has been your most joyful moment?
What has been your most spiritual moment?
What helps your mental attitude?
What in your life are you thankful for?
What in your life do you regret?
What insult has made you very angry?
What is dangerous?
What is frightening?
What is it that you might not want to give up that you get from defining yourself by your physical health or lack of physical health?
What is one of your most driven moments?
What is something you obsess over?
What is the color of anger?
What is the color of depression?
What is the color of embarrassment?
What is the color of fear?
What is the color of guilt?
What is the color of happiness?
What is the color of jealousy?
What is the color of joy?
What is the color of loneliness?
What is the color of love?
What is the color of power?
What is the color of worry?
What is the color sadness?
What is the greatest emotional pain you have endured?
What is the greatest physical pain you have endured?
What is the most exciting thing happening in your life right now? (It doesn't have to be anything huge - if you had a really awesome bowl of cereal for breakfast, give us the details!)
What is the scariest thing that's ever happened to you?
What is the strongest feeling you have had today?
What is your biggest health fear?
What is your biggest health obstacle?
What is your biggest regret?
What is your greatest fear about aging?
What is your greatest fear?
What is your greatest talent?
What is your happiest memory?
What is your hope?
What is your inspiration?
What is your worst habit?
What lie do you tell yourself?
What made you happy this week?
What makes you envious?
What makes you feel like a little kid?
What makes you feel powerful?
What makes you homesick?
What makes you jealous?
What memory do you tend to exaggerate when you tell others?
What memory still makes you blush?
What moment are you most ashamed of?
What one thing would you change about your personality?
What one thing would you like to be addicted to?
What outrageous thing do you wish you had the nerve to do?
What part of your day do you most treasure?
What plan of yours do you worry will fail?
What project of yours do you worry will fail?
What smell do you like that others might consider weird?
What sounds disturb you?
What thing makes you happy?
What ticked you off this week?
What was the high point of your week?
What was your most recent lie?
What was your proudest moment?
What would be a relief right now?
What would make you feel better physically?
What would make you happy? Really, truly happy.
What would make you jump up and down right now?
What's a role that you have to play, or played in the past, for which you just weren't cut out?

When do you feel confused?
When do you feel inspired?
When do you feel lonely?
When do you feel scared?
When do you get angry with yourself?
When have you felt overprotected?
When have you felt protected?
When have you felt unprotected?
When is the last time you laughed so hard you cried?
When is the worst time of year for you?
When was the last time you laughed?
When was the last time you smiled?
When was the last time you cried uncontrollably?
When was the last time you were scared?
When was the last time you were very angry?
When you die, what do you want done with your body?
When you have bad days, what is the best thing you can do to cheer yourself up?

Where is your comfort?
Where is your joy?
Where is your pride?
Where is your safety?
Where is your strength?

 

Health Habits

Do you donate blood?
Do you eat according to the food pyramid?
Do you ever fall for health fads?
Do you ever stand up to urinate?
Do you get a second opinion?
Do you get a yearly physical?
Do you know your blood pressure?
Do you know your blood type?
Do you know your cholesterol?
Do you smoke?
Do you snore?
Do you take vitamins or other supplements?
Do you talk in your sleep?
Do you try to change your bad habits?
Do you try to change your unhealthy habits?
Do you use a heating pad?

Have you ever been anemic?
Have you ever been tested for an STD?
Have you ever been tested for HIV?
Have you ever been treated by a psychotherapist?
Have you ever called an ambulance?
Have you ever caught a cold from your partner?
Have you ever delivered a baby?
Have you ever diagnosed yourself after reading health info online?
Have you ever had a migraine?
Have you ever had a sexually transmitted disease?
Have you ever passed out drunk somewhere?
Have you ever ridden in a medical helicopter?
Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
Have you ever suffered from heat exhaustion?
Have you ever tried a fast?
Have you ever tried acupuncture?
Have you ever tried art therapy?
Have you ever tried ear candling?
Have you ever tried homeopathic medicine?
Have you ever tried massage therapy?
Have you ever used any home testing kits?
Have you every suffered altitude sickness?
Have you had your thyroid levels checked?
Have you tried adding flax seed oil to your diet because of health benefits?
Have you tried aromatherapy?
Have you tried colonics?
Have you tried to add soy to your diet because of health benefits?

How can you bolster your immune system?
How closely do you follow health news?
How pro active are you when it comes to your health care?

What time did you go to sleep last night?
What time do you get up?
What unhealthy habits do you have?
What's the longest stretch you've ever gone with no sleep at all?

When do you go to bed?
When do you take medicine?
When do you wake up?

Medication

Do you always finish antibiotics when they are prescribed?
Do you ever not take meds because you can't afford them?
Do you ever not take meds because you don't like the side effects?
Do you ever talk to your pharmacist about your medications?
Do you read the warnings on your medications?
Do you save medicine?
Do you struggle with child proof lids on your prescription medication?
Do you struggle with child proofing on otc meds?
Do you understand which medication does what?
Do you understand why you should take the medication as prescribed?

How do you feel about alternative medicine?
How do you feel about recreational drugs?
How do you keep your medication out of the hands of children?
How do you store your medication at the correct temperature?

If a new medicine were developed to cure _________ completely, but caused an instantly fatal reaction in 1% of people who took it, would you want it released?
Is there a brand of medication you don't buy because of their packaging?

Womens Health

Are you concerned about menopause?

Do you believe bleached tampons are dangerous?
Do you do breast self exams? How often?
Do you ever use scented tampons?
Do you have heavy periods?
Do you have PMS?
Do you know what age your mother was when she entered menopause?
Do you self treat yeast infections?
Do you think you will use Hormone Replacement Therapy?

Have you ever had a mammogram?
Have you ever had a UTI?
Have you ever had your hormone levels checked?

How did you feel about your first period?
How do you feel about birth control?
How do you feel about your period now?

Have you tried to increase calcium intake to ward off osteoporosis?

What are your biggest menopause concerns?
What do you use when you have vaginal dryness?

When did you have your first period?
When was the last time you had a pap smear?

Who is responsible for safe sex?
Who is ultimately responsible for birth control?