I've just spent the last year looking after a 9 year old child in daily pain. This started last spring and over the course of the year got progressively worse, and by December he was taking pain relief 3-4 times a day and still sobbing with pain at least once a day and every night. As a parent and a healthcare professional my experience and intuition told me something was wrong, and yet on a number of occasions more than one GP told me it was growing pains. After a series of frustrating GP appointments I ends up taking my son to A&E and finally started to get somewhere - and he has very recently been diagnosed with a benign bone tumour.
Over this time I have spoken to a number of parents whose have experienced - so I wondered how many Mumsnetters have a similar story?
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Has your child ever been misdiagnosed with growing pains?
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nemoni · 15/05/2016 13:45
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