Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time.

Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries? Side effects was my main issue with expiry dates too.

Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable. How long have you been on expiry dates?

You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in.

Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless.

Careful with attribution. You changed the timing, the dose and the season. That is three variables.

Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.

The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time.

Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you.

It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going.

Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless.