The consultation
How do I prepare for my initial consultation?
During the consultation, the diagnostic and therapeutic strategy is worked out together.
- Information flows in both directions.
- Both are aware of the options available for the medical decision.
- Both contribute their decision criteria actively and as equals.
- Both partners take responsibility for the decision.
Please bring
- All doctors' and hospital reports and X-rays (not only) relating to your illness
- Dental X-rays if you have root-dead teeth
- A list of your medicines, including homeopathic remedies, vitamins, etc.
- If possible, a list of all significant previous illnesses and operations
- Vaccination records
- For metabolic and weight problems, a food diary if possible: for one week, write down everything you eat and drink (with the time; no quantities needed).
- Please think about your answers to the questions frequently asked at the first consultation.
Document formats – please note
Ideally, your documents will already be in digital form – as PDFs or JPG images.
If the files are not too large, you are welcome to send them to us by e-mail at office@sgk.swiss.
If you bring the data with you, please use USB sticks only, not CDs.
Ideally, we should receive the documents about 1 week before the consultation.
If you bring paper documents, please do not staple them; use paper clips instead.
And please no endless plastic sleeves – as in this picture.
Please note: if we have to digitise your documents on site, or the data cannot easily be transferred from your USB stick, we reserve the right to charge for the work as a private service (CHF 8 per 5 minutes).
Thank you for your help!
How consultations work for complex illnesses
If we have your complete documentation:
- Day 1: initial consultation
- Day x: fasting blood tests: Info
- Day xx: further assessments if necessary, discussion of laboratory results and planning of strategy
Without complete documentation
- Day 1: initial consultation
- Documentation to be sent at least 1 week before the second consultation
- Day x: second consultation, followed by fasting blood tests: Info
- Day xx: further assessments if necessary, discussion of laboratory results and planning of strategy
Frequently asked questions
- Describe your main problem
- Previous assessments and treatments (when, where?)
- Was there a particular preceding event? (When?)
- The most important events in your life? (When?)
- All operations, going back to childhood (with years if possible)
- Scars are tested for interference potential; caesarean section in women
- Medication: taking many medicines? Bring a list with the exact doses
- Vitamins, courses of treatment (including previous ones), diets
- Eating and drinking habits, food intolerance
- Digestion, bowel habits, other excretions
- Weight history
- Dental health, amalgam fillings, root-dead teeth
- Allergies, intolerances, sensitisations
- Smoking, alcohol, drugs
- Sport, exercise
- Occupation, stress at work
- Stress? Psychological aspects
- Tolerance of heat and cold, dryness and humidity, etc.
- Tendency to sweat, always cold, always hot
- Sleep disorders
- Vaccinations – did complaints start afterwards?
- Desensitisation? Prick tests?
- Heavy metals, potential sources
- Environmental exposures, mould in the home
- Women: menstruation, cycle disorders, births, caesarean section
- and more
Dental X-rays
Teeth play a central role in the search for causes. Please bring all X-rays.
Your medicines
Bring a list of all your medicines, including supplements. Overmedication is a widespread problem today.
Vaccination record
Vaccinations can precede chronic illnesses. Please bring all your vaccination records.
Medical documents
Please bring all your medical documents, including old ones. Your complaints are a consequence of your past. For us, nothing is too complex!