good vibes for this morning would be good

[cory]

if you would be so kind, ladies.

going up to have ds diagnosed (hypermobility syndrome)

a little sad

but more worried in case dr won't diagnose him

and this is the doctor I saw immediately after the big kerfuffle with dd (suspicions of psychosoma and sexual abuse), so am a bit nervous about memories

and we didn't see eye to eye on the subject of disability support in those days

so all a bit scary

have a wishlist as long as my arm for ds

who is now refusing to get in the shower (are rheumatologists less likely to diagnose children with smelly feet?)

no ut might make them get you out office quicker

But eriously good luck with today

Good luck.

best wishes for the appointment today.

Hugs and best wishes.

Good luck cory. Let us know how it goes.

Good luck for today. Hope is goes as you want.

Good luck

Hope it goes smoothly today.

good luck for today xx

Good Luck.

sending good vibes!!! hope it goes ok.

good luck from Yorkshire.

good luck

good luck keep us informed!

Thanks, folks.

Went quite well I think, though obviously I'll have to reserve judgment until I have seen the actual diagnosis.

It wasn't the rheumatologist I'd expected though, but the paed who's been seeing dd- I think we both did a bit of a double take; she has shown in the past that she found the whole situation of dealing with dd difficult and I have sometimes been very stressed in her office

fortunately ds turned out to be very obviously hypermobile (more so than we'd realised), so there was no doubt about that

also gave a good impression that his knees were covered in bruises and cuts, so clearly not a molly-coddled couch potato, but the active little boy doctors like to see

but she was very keen on excluding me from the conversation, particularly at first, and addressing all questions to ds. Which led to some peculiar answers: 'the pains first started in the summer holidays' (he meant summer holidays several years ago); 'my favourite sport is ice hockey' (he can't skate- he meant on TV), 'it's only my feet and wrists that hurt' (knees and ankles are a big problem, but he'd forgotten). So I kept having to butt in which I suppose reinforced her image of me as a neurotic interfering mother. But what kind of an idiot expects an 8yo to be able to look back in time and remember when a chronic pain started? He probably doesn't remember a time when his wrists didn't hurt so just grabbed a date out of the blue. I wouldn't have been at all surprised if he'd said 'just before breakfast'.

anyway, the only bit that matters is that she agreed to refer us to physio, OT and a genethicist

SO that's GOOD

she then discharged us very quickly - clearly wanted us out (and he had washed his feet!)

am wondering if part of the problem is that she is hypermobile (she showed ds) but not to the point of disability, so she doesn't think other people should be either

Anyway, got everything I wanted, so that's the main thing.

Thanks for good vibes

Good news Cory glad you got what you wanted (and that DS washed his feet!!)

BR

gladit went well and she of all people should know affects people differnt,like you i have 2 dc affected one not bad the other more seriously and can see people shake head swhen realise one does loads of sport the other can hardly walk

Glad it went well cory. I'm an ice hockey fan too, what team(s) does your DS follow, if any? I follow NHL and EIHL (Manchester Phoenix )

Glad it went well - read it too late to send good vibes

lollipop i spent my teens in Altrincham used to go ice skating at Sale most weekends lol not good hooby to have when hypermobile

Glad it went well, Cory and that your DS has been referred to the specialists.

Glad it all went well.