An inconclusive account is useful if it stops the next person mistaking a story for a controlled comparison.

Written confirmation email after every phone call. Cheapest insurance there is.

This board overrates bloodwork. A number moving is not the outcome you wanted.

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

Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point. A year in on coming back after years away and it lines up.

Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that. Not on a supply chain problem but the pattern is familiar.