As for the medical, my advice is to just do it. Book the medical and go. You're not going to get anything close to an accurate assessment of your ability to gain a Class 1 medical from an online forum. Only a qualified (D)AME will be able to do that. Also, the cost involved is a drop in the ocean compared to the overall costs involved with gaining a pilot licence.
Agreed entirely....as has been said a few times there’s a need to bite the bullet and take the medical....somewhere.......anywhere...then deal with the results. Discussing anything else (sim assessments, recruitment vs. age etc) is frankly pointless until the medical situation has been established.
To borrow a phrase - just do it.