No wrong answers, and yours is a good one.

Photograph everything before you open it. Ten seconds, settles most disputes.

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

It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going. Tolerance was my main issue with a regulator warning too.

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