Not glamorous, but a records folder is the change that helped most.
It sounds fussy until the day it saves you five minutes and an argument.
Do it before the appointment, not during it.
Took me years to work this out.
Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you.
Print the page.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.
It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going. Six weeks in on a records folder and it lines up.
Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.
Function over score. Not on a records folder but the pattern is familiar.
The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time.
Same here.
Currently on a records folder myself.
Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries?