Records problem. The summary they hold about me is wrong by three items.
The phone log is the part people skip. Date, time, name, what was said, reference number.
The formulary changes on the first of January and the first you hear of it is at the counter.
Has anyone got this through on appeal, and what did the letter actually say?
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.
Half of what people describe as tolerance is a change in the underlying condition, and the two need different answers.
Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.
Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.
Print the page.
It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going.
Same here.
Function over score.
My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it.
Print the page.
Same shape here, different drug. The thing that helped was documenting the refusal rather than re-arguing it. They refer rather than write.
Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week? Not on a specialist wait but the pattern is familiar.
Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries?