Respect the signals that arrive before consequences become diagnoses.

There is a window between a signal and a diagnosis, and it is usually generous. Fatigue that will not clear, a persistent ache, a change you have noticed and not mentioned. Attended to early, most of these are small. Left long enough, they become a name and a treatment plan, and the earlier window is not offered twice.

Make the appointment you have been putting off. It is one uncomfortable phone call against a much larger uncertainty. Early attention is the cheapest kind there is.