Update my son

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Hi all;

As you know my 12 year old bp/asp son has had some issues lately. And we were bouncing around with doctor's because insurance. We decided to go back to one that we really liked and pay out of pocket.

We had our first visit the other day and it was pick up where we left off. We got down to business, which was where we were headed when we had to leave them last time. We actually have two doctor's for the price of one, one that does the bp and another that is a asp specialist. Which we sort of had last time we just didn't meet one of them, because of schedual conflicts. This was coming for the next visit we didn't get to have.

So, we had a long talk, they were not really for homeschool before, but we answered all the questions right that they asked. When we chose to homeschool it was not taken lightly and dh and I talked about everything. The only thing we didn't have in the mix was an exercise program which they want. The curriculum we are using has a sort of exercise program, but nothing really great. Ds asked about the Wii, they said as long as it was like the Wii fit, so that is our exercise program until summer. Just hard during winter months to get much exercise. I guess I could take him to the mall on certain days to walk, but the problem with that is he doesn't want to just walk he wants to spend money.

Also, they told us that during this time of the year it is very common for them to have terrible manic episodes. Gee, now I get told after all these years, no one has told us this before. We have to do a few things here, get it going and then take this information to them when we go back and then they are going to help us with plans of action on how to control him, and everything. Just what I have been begging for all this time, and I didn't have to ask. I almost cried when they were talking about helping us to help him, as no one had done this before. I'm not the crying type either.

So, things are finally starting to work out for us where the doctor's are concerned. My biggest task right now is training him to sleep better. He is not sleeping well, we have known that for a while and they want us to train his clock to where it needs to be. They also told us that it will not be easy or fun, but it is a must.

Thanks, and thought I would update you on how things are going. So far things are looking up as they were when we were going to this doctor before.

Karla