Treatment Day Energy Plan

The treatment

Follow your care team’s advice about rest, activity, food, medicines and driving. This plan does not replace it.

What treatment is happening:

Date and time:

How I am getting there and home:

Use what you noticed on past treatment days, or your best guess. Choose Not sure if this is new.

Before treatment:

Low Medium High Not sure

During treatment:

Low Medium High Not sure

After treatment:

Low Medium High Not sure

Note the specific warning signs that appear before your clarity drops:

irritability re-reading the same line losing your train of thought mid-sentence sudden distractibility

Other warning signs:

These warning signs are your personal “cognitive check engine light.” Learn to recognize them early, so you can rest sooner.

My one or two must-dos:

What can wait or be handed off:

My pivot plan, if my energy is lower than I planned:What I will drop, move or hand off first.

Who can help, and with what:For example, a ride, a meal, a phone call, or picking up a prescription.

When and where I can rest:Before, during and after. Include anything that makes resting easier, such as a blanket, headphones or a book.

Options that work:

Tick the ones you will use.

a short walk outside lying down with eyes closed slow breathing exercises light stretching