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

Do you contact the customs office or the carrier first?

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

Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you. Four months in on a shared care record and it lines up.

This is the correct amount of effort for a thread like this.

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

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