When did you first feel sick? What were your symptoms? Did you get a diagnosis a

When did you first feel sick? What were your symptoms?
Did you get a diagnosis and, if so, how did your diagnosis make you feel?
Were you treated for your condition?
Who treated you and what were the treatments?
Were the treatments outpatient or did you need to be hospitalized?
Are you cured and feeling better or is this a chronic condition that will need ongoing treatment?
Have you ever felt that the treatments were/are worse than the condition?
Do you know what caused your condition?
Are there lifestyle changes that you needed to make or need to make to feel better?
What have been the major impacts of this illness on your life?
Has your illness affected your relationships with others? If yes, how so?
Has your condition affected your ability to work? Go to school?
How do you feel you were treated by the practitioners involved in your care?
Do you feel that your concerns were addressed?
Have you learned anything about yourself that you might not have learned if you hadn’t been sick?
Would you say that being ill has made you more empathic toward others?
At any point did you think you were going to die, and if so, can you express how you felt?
Final wrap-up questions: Did your caregivers treat you with compassion and empathy? Who stands out to you as the kindest member of your medical care team, and why?