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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 61136" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day, Janna. Good to see you on the morning thread. I'm glad difficult child's still at home, sorry you feel so negative about him. Understandable, though, with all he's put you through. You're right about the maturity thing - people keep asking me how old difficult child 3 is (or difficult child 1, or easy child 2/difficult child 2) because the truth is so hard to accept. They just seem so much younger.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3 is still feeling sick, I'm not happy with how he's going. Schoolwork slides when he's sick. He couldn't even do much maths today. I tried to get him to the doctor but no luck. We're struggling to keep a doctor in the village at the moment. We have no permanent doctor, only a locum for the next two weeks. We saw him on Monday, I rang to take difficult child 3 back today but the doctor's not there until tomorrow. And after that - not until next week.</p><p></p><p>MY GP - I rang him, even though it would mean driving there and back would kill anything else productive for the day, but he wasn't available either. He's only in our area one day a week at the moment and I have to book appointments with him a month ahead.</p><p></p><p>I could drive to "the mainland" and find a clinic, but he would see a doctor there who doesn't know him, plus when we went back we'd see someone different again. It's acute care for medical certificates only, in most cases. They listen to you just long enough to know what prescription to write. In a lot of cases, they have trouble understanding because their English is so bad. We have very few Australian-born medical students/new doctors, thanks to our government deciding some years ago we had too many, and cutting back on uni enrolments in medical courses. Now we have so few that we are recruiting from overseas and I suspect their credentials aren't being looked at too closely. Plus the increase in clinic-based medical care, which prevents decent continuity of care, very much needed with a kid like difficult child 3. They palpate his abdomen and when he doesn't react in pain, they assume there IS no pain - but difficult child 3 doesn't react normally. When he says he's in pain, chances are it's really bad. This isn't mild discomfort, nor is it a kid faking it or blowing it out of proportion. But when I tell them, they smile indulgently and tell me that boys can be real sooks when it comes to feeling unwell.</p><p></p><p>So the local locum is in tomorrow. I'm going to ask for a referral for abdominal ultrasound. I could have a fight on my hands. Wish me luck.</p><p></p><p>Have a fun Wednesday.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 61136, member: 1991"] G'day, Janna. Good to see you on the morning thread. I'm glad difficult child's still at home, sorry you feel so negative about him. Understandable, though, with all he's put you through. You're right about the maturity thing - people keep asking me how old difficult child 3 is (or difficult child 1, or easy child 2/difficult child 2) because the truth is so hard to accept. They just seem so much younger. difficult child 3 is still feeling sick, I'm not happy with how he's going. Schoolwork slides when he's sick. He couldn't even do much maths today. I tried to get him to the doctor but no luck. We're struggling to keep a doctor in the village at the moment. We have no permanent doctor, only a locum for the next two weeks. We saw him on Monday, I rang to take difficult child 3 back today but the doctor's not there until tomorrow. And after that - not until next week. MY GP - I rang him, even though it would mean driving there and back would kill anything else productive for the day, but he wasn't available either. He's only in our area one day a week at the moment and I have to book appointments with him a month ahead. I could drive to "the mainland" and find a clinic, but he would see a doctor there who doesn't know him, plus when we went back we'd see someone different again. It's acute care for medical certificates only, in most cases. They listen to you just long enough to know what prescription to write. In a lot of cases, they have trouble understanding because their English is so bad. We have very few Australian-born medical students/new doctors, thanks to our government deciding some years ago we had too many, and cutting back on uni enrolments in medical courses. Now we have so few that we are recruiting from overseas and I suspect their credentials aren't being looked at too closely. Plus the increase in clinic-based medical care, which prevents decent continuity of care, very much needed with a kid like difficult child 3. They palpate his abdomen and when he doesn't react in pain, they assume there IS no pain - but difficult child 3 doesn't react normally. When he says he's in pain, chances are it's really bad. This isn't mild discomfort, nor is it a kid faking it or blowing it out of proportion. But when I tell them, they smile indulgently and tell me that boys can be real sooks when it comes to feeling unwell. So the local locum is in tomorrow. I'm going to ask for a referral for abdominal ultrasound. I could have a fight on my hands. Wish me luck. Have a fun Wednesday. Marg [/QUOTE]
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