Re: First visit in July with Dr Goldberg, what can I expect? ANYONE???

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> Hi all! I am taking my son for an appointment (1st one!) with Dr

> Goldberg in July (the 18th I believe). I would like to know what I

can

> expect? My son turned three June 6th.

>

> You can email me on or offlist. Thank you!

> Kristie

> Aidan 3.0

>

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Kristie

First off be so glad you are seeing him at age 3.

Second, are you having lab work done before you go?

If so be sure and take 2 copies of the results with you, one for you

and one for the office in case they do not get a copy. If you have

not planned to get preliminary labs, try to becasue it really helped

us make the most out of the 1st visit.

Dr G will talk with you at length about medical history and

process. Take notes, or better yet tape it like some other smart

parents did (not me). Have a list of questions ready.

Then he will take your son back and look him over (ears, nose, push on

belly...the usual a pediatrician does!) and give you all your Rx's.

We were with him about 2 hours.

> >

> > Hi all! I am taking my son for an appointment (1st one!) with Dr

> > Goldberg in July (the 18th I believe). I would like to know what I

> can

> > expect? My son turned three June 6th.

> >

> > You can email me on or offlist. Thank you!

> > Kristie

> > Aidan 3.0

> >

>

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Kristie,

Bring up any concerns you may have. Scared to put your son on prescription

drugs? Tell him. Give him a chance to explain his protocol. Scared to

have more kids because you could have another afflicted child? Tell him.

If you tell him your concerns, he can help put you at ease. Expect to leave

his office beaming with a great deal of hope. He is an optimist. I love

that.

I took my son when he was 3 as well. He was talking but mostly fill in the

blank things he had memorized such as " I want ___. " He wouldn't (couldn't?)

look at my face and he only wanted to play by himself. I was told that he

would be recovered in about 2 years. Well about 1 year into it he was

healthy. Now he gets sick no more than any other kid and when he does get

sick, he recovers more quickly than I do from an illness. He made 3 1/2

years progress in speech his first 14 months with Dr. Goldberg. The

therapist said she had never seen anything like it. We are three years into

it now and my son is close to recovered, though that is such a vague term.

He has some quirks: he still rehearses movies, he has some trouble if you

give him too many instructions at once,... When he is sick the quirks are

more pronounced. But I get eye contact, he asks me questions, he tells

jokes (albeit bad ones!). He's not where I'd like, but I shoot for the

moon... oh, and by the way so does Dr. Goldberg. My son's recovery is

taking longer than 2 years, but I don't mind that. I love hearing this

every year: " Let's make this a really good year for your son. " In a world

where therapists are just trying to help your child live with autism, giving

them crutches because they will forever be cripple (they think), it is so

refreshing to work with someone who, like you, has real hope for your child.

Kristie, it's going to be a bumpy ride with viral die-off, candida die-off,

finding therapists who believe in your child-- but it will be amazing,

watching " his lights turn on " for lack of a better way to describe it.

Well, this was long. Sorry about that. Good luck with Dr. Goldberg. I

wish big and wonderful things for your son Aidan.

Sincerely,

April

Re: First visit in July with Dr Goldberg, what can I expect?

ANYONE???

Kristie

First off be so glad you are seeing him at age 3.

Second, are you having lab work done before you go?

If so be sure and take 2 copies of the results with you, one for you

and one for the office in case they do not get a copy. If you have

not planned to get preliminary labs, try to becasue it really helped

us make the most out of the 1st visit.

Dr G will talk with you at length about medical history and

process. Take notes, or better yet tape it like some other smart

parents did (not me). Have a list of questions ready.

Then he will take your son back and look him over (ears, nose, push on

belly...the usual a pediatrician does!) and give you all your Rx's.

We were with him about 2 hours.

> >

> > Hi all! I am taking my son for an appointment (1st one!) with Dr

> > Goldberg in July (the 18th I believe). I would like to know what I

> can

> > expect? My son turned three June 6th.

> >

> > You can email me on or offlist. Thank you!

> > Kristie

> > Aidan 3.0

> >

>

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