A second opinion and the three weeks of a routine that finally stuck.
Write it down on paper, in the room, not in an app you will not open.
Do it before the appointment, not during it.
One change at a time, otherwise you learn nothing about which one worked.
It takes ten seconds and removes a whole category of problem.
Anyone got something better?
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way. Same for me with a second opinion, unfortunately.
Same here.
Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.
Same here.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that. Currently on a second opinion myself.
It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going.
Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.
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.