Doctor's Visit

Girls!!!

I just despair of our so-called \"Medical Professionals\" at times :roll:

Many years ago, when my middle son was 4 years old, we were told by an Irish health board appointed speech therapist that he was \"Intellectually disabled\" and needed to go to a school for the hearing impaired :cry: .

We declined her advice,he had some pretty major re-constructive surgery on his inner ear (and I thank God for the skills of his ENT surgeon), and we spent numerous hours & months teaching him how to talk ourselves.

This morning, he got the results of his first semester college exams....all either A's or B's in English , History and Geography :!: . Am I a proud mommy.....of course I am....but where would he be if we had taken the \"professional's \" advice :evil: .

I would sooooo love to meet that speech therapist again and let her know JUST how wrong she was in writing off my child....because at the final reckoning, I think HE is probable smarter than she can ever aspire to be :wink:

Maybe we should all form a group to advise consultants on \"Best Practice\"....I for one think they need us :lol:

very best wishes to all, pauline.

Hello everyone ! Re: consultants (do not deserve a capital C) Had a kidney scan. Poor girl exclaimed : Cannot find the kidney !...I suggested : Try more towards the front... Oh! she said...There it is !.... We had a giggle, and I told her that years before a GP told me that I had a \"Floating kidney ? ! \" ...Forgot all about it. After the scan, as it is usual, I received appointment to go and see \"consultant\" at the hospital. Was called in to the\" inner Sanctus.\"..sat in chair opposite the Puffed up frog, with assistant standing at his side...He looked at some papers on his desk, and then at me and said: Nothing to declare... I asked him : What news about the floating kidney ? He looked at his assistant, she just looked like a shop dummy, standing there silent and motionless \"And probably she was !....\" :roll: and then, looking at me he said: - The kidneys start in the heels and work their way up. I slowly stood up, gave him one of my \"freezing\" looks and said : Pity that when you study medicine, they do not teach you good manners. You displease me and I shall not take leave from you. Turned away slowly, with my head high....and left the room......From that time, in advance of any visits to a consultant,I prepare different short speeches, suitable for any kind of situation. Nice ones, for the kind ones (I have been known to give them a big HUG at times....)even the dentist has adopted me as his Granny !... But then, the rude ones, they get what they deserve....and it makes me feel much better :wink: Instead of coming home feeling miserable.....The trick is, before you say your little speech, STAND up in front of them, so that you can be ABOVE THEM, sitting at their desk ! !.....That gives you an advantage over them !!! :lol: :lol: At soon, Granny Moss

Hello Granny Moss

You do make me laugh !!

I like the puffed up frog but Im disappointed you didnt find a symbol for it !! You will have to get Lizzie Ellen to find one on her IPhone !!

Have a good day

Mrs G

[b:9b0bc9909b]Hi Pauline[/b:9b0bc9909b] So thrilled to hear how well your son is doing. Big pat on the back for Mum and Son. A 'specialist' told my daughter that my beloved Grandson had severe learning difficulties and would have to go to a 'special' school. He's now 14, he's in main stream school, has a lovely girlfriend (at 14 :yikes: ) and is surrounded by good friends. He's not top of his class but he has lovely manners, is loved by all and is a Black Belt in Karate! He was one of the youngest in the Country and is now going for Black in Kick Boxing! How dare they write him off.

[b:9b0bc9909b]Granny Moss[/b:9b0bc9909b] I would like to adopt you as my surrogate Mum. Papers in the post for you to sign :magic: . I'd love to be a fly on the wall when you have your next appointment with someone 'important'. When my late husband was very ill in a Spanish hospital a young Doctor was very unkind to him. I lost it. I shouted at him in my best Spanish (used words I didn't realize I knew) and he just crumpled. Next thing I know he had his arms round me saying 'Lo siento, Lo siento' (I'm so sorry). I trust he was a better Doctor after that.

[b:9b0bc9909b]Mrs G[/b:9b0bc9909b] If only I could use my iPhone emoticons on here! I'm sure I could rustle up a 'puffed up frog' for Granny Moss. My daughter and I compete as to who can send the silliest 'emoticon' based text messages. Complete waste of time but great fun.

Love from Lizzie Ellen :ok:

Hi Lizzie Ellen,

I am delighted to hear that your grandson is doing so well :cool: and that your daughter had the good sense to ignore the \"professional\" advice aswell.

What makes me hopping mad :evil: is that there are so many young single mum's with limited resouces and support who would probably take these people at their word and not question their judgement :cry: . I was lucky....I knew in my heart that the only reason my son could not talk was because he couldn't hear to learn the words :roll: and we had private health care to get a speedy intervention....but not everyone has that luxury

Could rant forever on the shot-comings of the \"system\"....but I would be here all year :wink:

love to all, pauline.

What is it they say about experts? People who know more and more about less and less only some know less and less about more and more it seems.

[color=red:47b606160b]Granny Moss [/color:47b606160b]you could make a career for yourself writing a book for patients about to suffer from puffed up frogs.

The two disabled people I know best ( nephew and son of friend ) were both grossly underestimated by so-called experts but had persistant parents and have great lives.

[color=red:47b606160b]Lizzie Ellen and Pauline [/color:47b606160b]your family stories put the experts to shame. What sort of speech therapist would discount hearing problems?. Congratulations all round to you and your families.

I'm so delighted I'm not the only \"difficult patient\"!!!!! :lol: :wink:

The site had declared this was a thread I'd read so have only just caught up on the latest stuff. We too had a dysfunctional GP - I think I've mentioned him before. Why a GP - bloke was brilliant, speaks umpteen languages - he'd have been a brill pathologist but he couldn't look you in the face during a consultation. Then he discovered we had a flat here, he comes to a village about 10 miles up the valley to walk but had never been to the area skiing - suddenly he turned into a semi-human as he had something to talk to us about. He was the twit who gave me suppositories for pain relief when I was immobile with PMR :roll: :oops:

Go for 'em - the jugular approach?? Or lower?

EileenH

LOVE the frog image granny Moss :lol: :lol:

Lizze E and Pauline..... horrified to read your stories but so happy they had happy endings :roll: :roll: Why are so called 'experts' so fast to write off our children?

[quote:fd4aa828d3][color=blue:fd4aa828d3]Coud rant forever on the short-comings of the \"systeml[/color:fd4aa828d3]\"....[/quote:fd4aa828d3]

So could I, Pauline; systems are only as good as the people involved and I guess we are stuck with good old human nature, the good, the bad and the ugly. I've never personally met the ugly but good (very ) and bad, yes.

Eileen's doctor finally learned human along with all his other languages when he found common ground but as not everyone has the opportunity or the confidence to cultivate his doctor, teacher, whatever it would be a big help if training of said professionals gave more time to teaching human or, better, guiding trainees into suitable departments .

Reading all the great stories in here to night has put a smile on my face :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Dear Sparkling, in the middle of the night all good girls should be in their beds, dreeming sweets dreems... :roll: :wink: not up posting messages to the ather girls that are a sleep !... You must be like I am sometimes...up, and nowhere to go... :cry: This PMR that keeps us prisoners...is something that no oneelse can understand what it is. For me, it has turned my life, totally upside down. I NEVER went into my surgery ! Some of the doctors worked there and retired without even meeting me ! :roll: And now I am on theyr hard seats, waiting, and waiting and.....as if that is all I wanted to do for the rest of my life !

At times I think it is not worth bothering to go on. But then I wake up and feel so full of hope that improvement will be here soon. I so much want my old way of life back ! :P This THING has affected my poor old man a lot :!: He needs attending, because of his age and the problems that it brings....so, it is like the blind leading the blind ! :roll: :? We have become very close, and count each day without pains as a big blessing. I do you will feel much better soon, and I wish in the moticons ? there should be one for a lovely rainbow ! :love: Granny Moss xx

Dear Granny Moss,

You are so right about how this illness can bring you closer to your husband or partner ....I don't know how I would have coped without my man and family since the PMR struck as there were so many times that I was just in floods of tears with frustration and pain....I think I probably stretched the marriage vows to breaking point :wink: .

In a bizarre way, I was very lucky that I turned out \"JUST\" to have PMR as when I was admitted to hospital at first the way my bloods looked and the fact that I had lost a lot of weight quite quickly made them think that I must have a cancer somewhere :cry: .

I had endless tests and scans, MRI's and ultrasounds, and it was a worrying time waiting for each result.....but luckily I was cleared of anything worse, and the although I have the PMR and Pernicious anaemia, they are both conditions that can be managed and are not life- threatening 8) .

I think, if anything, having a chronic illness like ours makes you more tolerant and appreciative of the important things in life......family and good friends and days that you can do the things you love......even if that is flirting with young doctors :lol: :wink:

I hope you are recovering nicely from your infection now and Sparklin....I hope you get some sleep tonight as we need our rest :wink:

love to all :love: , pauline.