Don’t exaggerate your symptoms either. Make sure your doctor fully understands your current symptoms, but don’t embellish. Not only will that impede your treatment, it also stands to embarrass you if you are caught on videotape doing a bunch of things that may contradict with what you told your doctor. Make sure to follow through on your doctor’s recommendations. Keep all your appointments and take all your medications. Follow your doctor’s orders! A full recovery should be your first and foremost concern, not a future financial settlement.