tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922504693639429678.post7181320477967944420..comments2022-07-22T00:47:41.549-07:00Comments on Yellow Mustard Mom: Here We Go Again...YellowMustardMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01022281590800101274noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922504693639429678.post-17739049144157126752014-02-28T22:40:26.255-08:002014-02-28T22:40:26.255-08:00I am sorry you were disappointed with the doctor, ...I am sorry you were disappointed with the doctor, but in the end it's a win, you feel better about B's doctor so even if your appointment with the specialist was not what you expected, you now feel confident about who is treating B. That's victory.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13923923651866941447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922504693639429678.post-11563810670982867932014-02-28T16:35:23.800-08:002014-02-28T16:35:23.800-08:00Did you tell the neurologist that you weren't ...Did you tell the neurologist that you weren't interested in revisiting your son's Aspergers diagnosis or that you'd been looking forward to the appointment because you loved her approach to the behavioral aspects of epilepsy at the October Conference you attended? Did you try to redirect her attention to the reason you had booked the appointment with her (vs letting her talk Minecraft with your boy)?<br /><br />It's your appointment and you're the one who hired this particular neurologist -- it is your call. Depart em if she is a department head. <br /><br />(I always find it helpful to keep in mind that a specialist doctor, particularly a super-duper specialized doctor like a pediatric neurologist deals only with epilepsy, is that it takes a *particular* kind of person to spend 15+ years in grad school becoming a neurologist and then spend all day, every day, for decades dealing only with kids with epilepsy. The sort of people so very interested in young brains with epilepsy that it never gets boring, that each and every kid brain with epilepsy is sooo fascinating despite the fact that she's seen a million of them. These are the sorts of people who very, very often have all their proverbial eggs in the brains basket, ie none left for the social skills basket. In my experience, this sort if doctor is often good enough at what they do to make it worth your while to overlook the lack of bedside manner. In the spirit of proactive disclosure, both my parents are pediatric nephrologists with what could be charitably called limited social skills *sigh*.Cayleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395582315980440802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922504693639429678.post-61696021820369325222014-02-28T15:53:37.090-08:002014-02-28T15:53:37.090-08:00I'm sorry the appointment, the wait, all of it...I'm sorry the appointment, the wait, all of it was so disappointing. :( I'm glad, though, that you've come to peace --- or at least seem to have --- with keeping your current doctor. That's a good place to be. You want someone who really cares about your kid and who is willing to pursue those answers, even if they don't know them yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com