File early. The window is shorter than people think and it starts at the transaction.

File early. The window is shorter than people think and it starts at the transaction.

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

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

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. How long have you been on a mailed sample lab test?

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

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

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

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

No wrong answers, and yours is a good one.

Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point. Same for me with a half tablet in an organiser, unfortunately.

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

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