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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 231429" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Hello KJS--</p><p> </p><p>My DS is definitely a hypochondriach (spelling?) and a bit of a drama queen...and so we have to take his medical complaints with a "grain of salt". In his case...he is very, very smart (really too smart for his own good) and so any minor little pain becomes <em>rheumatoid arthritis</em> or <em>brain tumor</em> or <em>flesh-eating virus</em>.</p><p> </p><p>We have found that the best solution is not to deny the illness (as in <em>"No, you don't</em> <em>have arthritis</em>.")--we just give him more information about the illness he thinks he has...as well as an alternative diagnosis...(as in "<em>Do you really think it's arthritis? Are you experiencing deformities in your joints? Maybe you strained your elbow when when you were playing ball yesterday? Is you elbow deformed...or does it hurt like a strain?</em>" ) Eventually he ends up talking himself out of some of the extreme sicknesses.</p><p> </p><p>He was hospitalized once for a staph infection in his knee...and he told the doctor he was pretty sure it was arthritis then, too. The Dr (bless him), examined DS's knee very carefully...and then told him, "<em>No, it just looks like a staph infection to me."</em> And he went over every part of the knee and it's function and he showed DS where the bones and tendons connected and then Dr showed him the infection and how he could tell it was in the skin and not in the bones.<em> "So don't worry"</em> Dr said<em>. " I think you'll walk again."</em></p><p> </p><p>I think it helps DS to see that we take him seriously...but that we are very calm and matter-of-fact about it. Maybe something like that would work for you?</p><p> </p><p>Best,</p><p> </p><p>DaisyF</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 231429, member: 6546"] Hello KJS-- My DS is definitely a hypochondriach (spelling?) and a bit of a drama queen...and so we have to take his medical complaints with a "grain of salt". In his case...he is very, very smart (really too smart for his own good) and so any minor little pain becomes [I]rheumatoid arthritis[/I] or [I]brain tumor[/I] or [I]flesh-eating virus[/I]. We have found that the best solution is not to deny the illness (as in [I]"No, you don't[/I] [I]have arthritis[/I].")--we just give him more information about the illness he thinks he has...as well as an alternative diagnosis...(as in "[I]Do you really think it's arthritis? Are you experiencing deformities in your joints? Maybe you strained your elbow when when you were playing ball yesterday? Is you elbow deformed...or does it hurt like a strain?[/I]" ) Eventually he ends up talking himself out of some of the extreme sicknesses. He was hospitalized once for a staph infection in his knee...and he told the doctor he was pretty sure it was arthritis then, too. The Dr (bless him), examined DS's knee very carefully...and then told him, "[I]No, it just looks like a staph infection to me."[/I] And he went over every part of the knee and it's function and he showed DS where the bones and tendons connected and then Dr showed him the infection and how he could tell it was in the skin and not in the bones.[I] "So don't worry"[/I] Dr said[I]. " I think you'll walk again."[/I] I think it helps DS to see that we take him seriously...but that we are very calm and matter-of-fact about it. Maybe something like that would work for you? Best, DaisyF [/QUOTE]
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