Small thing that made a difference for me with a second opinion.
It takes ten seconds and removes a whole category of problem.
One change at a time, otherwise you learn nothing about which one worked.
Worth trying before something more complicated.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.
Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.
Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.
Same here.
Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless.
The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time.
Same here.
Same shape here, different drug. The thing that helped was documenting the refusal rather than re-arguing it. They refer rather than write.
Fifteen years of this and the function column is the only one that changed anything for me. Also, one page of history, printed, handed over at the start. It changes the appointment.
Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism. Eight months in on a second opinion and it lines up.