Working with your doctor


Prepping for the conversation

How do you make the most of your time with the doctor? By preparing your questions in advance. Make sure your doctor knows how involved you want to be in your treatment.

Let’s get started

We created a guide to help make sure you’re talking about all the important details your doctor needs to know.

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Download the Doctor Discussion Guide

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Complete the Doctor Discussion Guide

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Bring the Doctor Discussion Guide to your doctor


Managing Heart Failure means following a plan

Your goal is to keep your weight and salt intake down—and your mood and activity up. Use this form to track your progress.

Your goal is to keep your weight and salt intake down—and your mood and activity up. Use this form to track your progress.


Easing the Transition

Changing diet and exercise habits and adding new medicines can be challenging. For some people with Heart Failure, cardiac rehabilitation can provide the support they need during this critical period, including:

  • A medical evaluation to find out what you can and can’t do

  • A physical activity program to match your capabilities

  • Counseling on managing Heart Failure risk with diet, nutrition, and prescription medicines

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Sign up for a free
Heart Failure Handbook

Get a free Heart Failure Handbook  when you register for the Keep It Pumping support program. It’s filled with useful tips and tools to help you manage the condition.

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Start tracking your
medications

Here’s a Medicine Tracker for you to write down the details of each medicine you take. Have someone close to you—or your pharmacist— check the list to make sure you haven’t forgotten anything.