doctors and husbands

[Guest guest]

It amazes me how many bad doctors there are. I am in a group for my

sons Legg Perthes disease and some of these kids get the worst

doctors who misdiagnose or treat the parents like they are idiots.

Perthes is a fairly rare disease that will only show on x-ray. Some

of these doctors dont know about it and dismiss it as " all in the

mothers head " Doctors who do this do it out of lack of knowledge. If

they dont know it doesnt exist to them. I have been lucky with my

sons pediatrician. One in fact said he listens to mothers because

they have an instinct alot of times with their children. If any of

you find a good doctor, take your husbands with you. I had some

problems with stress when my son first got his disease and was not

eating due to stress, was having panic attacks, and since I was not

eating got very worn down. I weighed 102 lbs by the time I went to

the doctor. I was sure I had cancer or something terrible and had my

husband go to the doc with me. My doc immediately knew what was wrong

with me and helped me. He also looked at my husband and said it is

time for you to step in for a while. He said I didnt get this way

overnight and it would take time for me to recover. This worked

miracles on my husband. I did the therapy 3 times a day with my son

and went to school with him everyday to keep a watch on his

activities and I cooked. My husband did everything else, vacuming the

floors, doing dishes, laundry and worked 40 hours a week. Guess what,

I am better and he is still in the habit of helping. I think he is

afraid I will lose it again!! I cannot imagine having a husband who

is no help. My husband admitted that he would have never really

understood what was going on if the doctor had not told him. Now he

believes everything this doctor says so when I mention the fibro and

what the doctor said he believes it.