Re: trouble finding a doctor-help needed

[Guest guest]

We have only one DAN Doctor in our entire state. He is not on our insurance

plan and not terribly near us. The doctors we have talked to so far in and

near our town know very little about biological interventions of ASD and seem

to feel they are a waste of time and money. We have met several parents as

well as special educationa teachers and occupational therapists in town, and

we seem to be the only ones in our town of 140,000 interested in gfcf diet,

etc. The doctors we have talked to have said they would refer us to

Children's Hospital in Denver and let them decide what tests and

interventions are appropriate. We have been going in circles looking for

medical assistance, and fear the folks at Children's Hospital will think we

are crazy too, just wasting more of our time and money. If anyone has any

advice, please feel free to share, as we are feeling very frustrated and

isolated.

Thanks!

C.

in Fort , CO

wife to Cade (probable Aspergers)

Mom to Ethan (4.5years old and STILL waiting for an official diagnosis after

5 months of inneffectively jumping through hoops)

and Miranda (7 months and NT so far)

[Guest guest]

All I can sy is hang in there-the medical profession does not always embrace

the diet-I was lucky and our neuroligist had heard of it and did support it.

The hospital may be willing to run some tests for you.Like finding out what

his body is defficient in giving you an idea for what supplements you may

need. Or they might even run the allergy testing for you if you can persuade

them he may have food allergys-these are also veryvaluable. Maybe they could

order the test for yeast-but that is a big maybe because the yeast problem

is also one of those things not widly accepted yet. If all else fails and

you can afford too the doctor may be willing to order tests for heavy metals

and the peptide tests but you would be respnsible for the cost. because I

dont think insurance pays for these Good luck f

Re: trouble finding a doctor-help needed

> We have only one DAN Doctor in our entire state. He is not on our

insurance

> plan and not terribly near us. The doctors we have talked to so far in

and

> near our town know very little about biological interventions of ASD and

seem

> to feel they are a waste of time and money. We have met several parents

as

> well as special educationa teachers and occupational therapists in town,

and

> we seem to be the only ones in our town of 140,000 interested in gfcf

diet,

> etc. The doctors we have talked to have said they would refer us to

> Children's Hospital in Denver and let them decide what tests and

> interventions are appropriate. We have been going in circles looking for

> medical assistance, and fear the folks at Children's Hospital will think

we

> are crazy too, just wasting more of our time and money. If anyone has any

> advice, please feel free to share, as we are feeling very frustrated and

> isolated.

> Thanks!

>

> C.

> in Fort , CO

> wife to Cade (probable Aspergers)

> Mom to Ethan (4.5years old and STILL waiting for an official diagnosis

after

> 5 months of inneffectively jumping through hoops)

> and Miranda (7 months and NT so far)

>

>

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