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A Crushing Blow After a Dr's Office's Stupid Mistake
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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 613064" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Tia, I am so sorry to hear about this. I have to wonder if the new general doctor reacted so quickly because there was experience with taking over your old general's patients that showed he wasn't thorough. Some doctors are just <em>idiots </em>and other doctors know. <em>Especially </em>when one leaves their practice.</p><p></p><p>I would wait for the test results to come back before you say anything to difficult child 3, and make <em>certain</em> that the girls know that you have a plan to tell him <em>after</em> you get your test results. I would begin preparing for that <em>now. </em>Contact your doctor's assistance and explain that you have a gifted child who will need careful explanation as to what to expect from your test results and you are waiting to say anything at all to him until you have materials and information that you need to help explain. Do they have brochures that explain even the most basic part of female anatomy. Do they have scenarios that you can run through before you talk to him so that you can be prepared to answer questions he may have without scaring him. <em>Of course</em> he and everyone is going to be scared, but anything you can do to make it clear will help with that.</p><p></p><p>FWIW, if you get any more guff from an MD about your medical history in this journey, please remind them that having one issue or having a mental health issue does <em>not </em>exempt you from having another. I have Muscular Dystrophy. I also have a blood clotting disorder called Factor V Leiden. I have had medical professionals and others with MD say to me, "I don't think that people with MD get Factor V." Why not? You can't high blood pressure and be deaf as well? You <em>can</em> and do have two separate health issues that are not related.</p><p></p><p>I had a wonderful MD years back who explained to me that during his residency he saw patients in the ER who were schizophrenic and would complain of the aliens in their belly or the thing that was implanted in their heads. He <em>did</em> order testing on them, much to the chagrin of his colleagues. Why? Because the alien in the belly or the implantation in the head was usually something that the patient just couldn't express in the way you or I do. Having mental health issues does not negate everything else. <em>Shame</em> on any doctor who practices medicine that way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 613064, member: 99"] Tia, I am so sorry to hear about this. I have to wonder if the new general doctor reacted so quickly because there was experience with taking over your old general's patients that showed he wasn't thorough. Some doctors are just [I]idiots [/I]and other doctors know. [I]Especially [/I]when one leaves their practice. I would wait for the test results to come back before you say anything to difficult child 3, and make [I]certain[/I] that the girls know that you have a plan to tell him [I]after[/I] you get your test results. I would begin preparing for that [I]now. [/I]Contact your doctor's assistance and explain that you have a gifted child who will need careful explanation as to what to expect from your test results and you are waiting to say anything at all to him until you have materials and information that you need to help explain. Do they have brochures that explain even the most basic part of female anatomy. Do they have scenarios that you can run through before you talk to him so that you can be prepared to answer questions he may have without scaring him. [I]Of course[/I] he and everyone is going to be scared, but anything you can do to make it clear will help with that. FWIW, if you get any more guff from an MD about your medical history in this journey, please remind them that having one issue or having a mental health issue does [I]not [/I]exempt you from having another. I have Muscular Dystrophy. I also have a blood clotting disorder called Factor V Leiden. I have had medical professionals and others with MD say to me, "I don't think that people with MD get Factor V." Why not? You can't high blood pressure and be deaf as well? You [I]can[/I] and do have two separate health issues that are not related. I had a wonderful MD years back who explained to me that during his residency he saw patients in the ER who were schizophrenic and would complain of the aliens in their belly or the thing that was implanted in their heads. He [I]did[/I] order testing on them, much to the chagrin of his colleagues. Why? Because the alien in the belly or the implantation in the head was usually something that the patient just couldn't express in the way you or I do. Having mental health issues does not negate everything else. [I]Shame[/I] on any doctor who practices medicine that way. [/QUOTE]
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