Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point.

Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you. Currently on post editing time limits myself.

Nobody has ever been talked out of a stack by a stranger on the internet.

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

An inconclusive account is useful if it stops the next person mistaking a story for a controlled comparison. Same for me with semaglutide, unfortunate…