Took my son to the docter last week

[Mandy]

He has been complaing about feeling tired for weeks, now for a 15 year old... in the beginning i thought he was just acting up, you know like a teen "loves to help around the house" everything i asked him to do was too much, he came home from school and fell asleep Then i thought that maybe his gf was draining him with her problem load, he sits and listens to her while she unloads and vent's ... so last week he was on fall break, good time to go have it all checked out.

Anyhow i got the results back from his bloodwork, turns out he has a slow working thyroid and his insoline levels are low.
He is not overweight, so i don't understand
I asked the docter over the phone what all of that exactly means, but he was in such a hurry he could not explain in detail... so next thing, i'm definatly changing docters, we have been with this one for over 11 years, and he has not changed, he has no time for his patients, and ive now just had enough of it!
This is my child for goodness sake, and i'm worried!

He said, he has to go back and have more bloodwork done in 6 weeks time to see if there's any changes, then he can move in and put him on meds... now sorry, but i don't understand!

I'm furious!

[Janet]

When it comes to our children, a second opinion is always a good idea. Is this his pediatrician he's been with his whole life? If so, maybe it's time to let him go see your family Dr. I'm getting ready to change my 15 year old son too. Not because anything is wrong, but because his Dr. deals mainly with smaller children.

I would get a 2nd opinion before he is put on medication. I am on Thyroid medicine and I was told once you're on it, you're on it most likely for life.

[Mandy]

This is our family Docter that he saw, here in this country, if you want to see a pediatrician your fam. Dr. has to refer you to one. It sux really!!

[Janet]

I would still get a second opinion. I just don't like to take chances with our kids. He has a long life to live, I would hate for him to start meds that he most likely will take for a very long time, if he doesn't have really have to. What about vitamins? Does he take a daily vitamin? I know I am much older than he, but I can tell if I don't take one every day. I get so run down and tired.

[Mandy]

Yes he takes multi vitamins ... but i am going for a second opinion for sure! Will never just leave it like this. I'm just so freaked out about our Dr. he's always in a hurry ... i'm definatly not staying with him!

i have seen these same symptoms and at a similar age here in our chiropractic office. i would really suggest going to a family wellness chiropractor and having a consultation. in every case we've had here we've always had awesome results. id be happy to answer any other questions you have about it.

Originally Posted by Mandy

He has been complaing about feeling tired for weeks, now for a 15 year old... in the beginning i thought he was just acting up, you know like a teen "loves to help around the house" everything i asked him to do was too much, he came home from school and fell asleep Then i thought that maybe his gf was draining him with her problem load, he sits and listens to her while she unloads and vent's ... so last week he was on fall break, good time to go have it all checked out.

Anyhow i got the results back from his bloodwork, turns out he has a slow working thyroid and his insoline levels are low.
He is not overweight, so i don't understand
I asked the docter over the phone what all of that exactly means, but he was in such a hurry he could not explain in detail... so next thing, i'm definatly changing docters, we have been with this one for over 11 years, and he has not changed, he has no time for his patients, and ive now just had enough of it!
This is my child for goodness sake, and i'm worried!

He said, he has to go back and have more bloodwork done in 6 weeks time to see if there's any changes, then he can move in and put him on meds... now sorry, but i don't understand!

I'm furious!

[Mandy]

Unfortunatly we can't just go to a chiropractor here, we have to get a referral from our family docter, and they believe it's only for people with back problems and things like that.

[Gina]

Mandy, I just read your posts, and I do agree with Janet get a second opinion, I am no dr. but what you described sounds a lot like mono, always tired , no energy and so forth. I wish you luck , keep us posted....

[Janet]

Originally Posted by Gina

Mandy, I just read your posts, and I do agree with Janet get a second opinion, I am no dr. but what you described sounds a lot like mono, always tired , no energy and so forth. I wish you luck , keep us posted....

I forgot all about Mono....those are the symptoms. Whatever it is, I hope he's feeling better real soon and has so much energy he'll say..."Mom..let me clean the house today."

I've been dealing with this with my 17 year old since last May. She had mono. After 3 months she kept feeling sluggish still, tired, her spleen has been enlarged and was hurting her. Anyway, she just didn't seem to be getting better and started to lose weight. I took her back and they seemed perplexed. They told me that you can test positive for mono for up to a year, but in reality once you get it that it's just always there. We ended up doing all kinds of blood tests and they told me everything was negative. She bickers with her boyfriend a lot, a lot, which I've talked to her about repeatedly. Part of me thinks she's just major stressed about this relationship stuff and that's why she loses the weight. She goes every couple of weeks to see the doc, but I don't know. She was feeling better for awhile and put back on some weight, but now she's not feeling well again.

We go on Wednesday for another follow up and I'm going to push the issue of getting a second opinion or taking her to Children's Hospital. I know they said all her blood work was negative, but why is she still not feeling well?

[Ponyup]

Originally Posted by Chimchim

I've been dealing with this with my 17 year old since last May. She had mono. After 3 months she kept feeling sluggish still, tired, her spleen has been enlarged and was hurting her. Anyway, she just didn't seem to be getting better and started to lose weight. I took her back and they seemed perplexed. They told me that you can test positive for mono for up to a year, but in reality once you get it that it's just always there. We ended up doing all kinds of blood tests and they told me everything was negative. She bickers with her boyfriend a lot, a lot, which I've talked to her about repeatedly. Part of me thinks she's just major stressed about this relationship stuff and that's why she loses the weight. She goes every couple of weeks to see the doc, but I don't know. She was feeling better for awhile and put back on some weight, but now she's not feeling well again.

We go on Wednesday for another follow up and I'm going to push the issue of getting a second opinion or taking her to Children's Hospital. I know they said all her blood work was negative, but why is she still not feeling well?

Just personal experience when I get stressed out I lose a lot of weight, even though i eat like a pig, I also get really tired & have no energy. My freshman year of college I left a boyfriend at home & he would call all the time & fight with me. I lost almost 20lbs my first semester (at the end of the semester I was 5'7" & weighed 98lbs). I didn't leave my room & I was sleeping almost 12 hours a day. I would say her problem is definitely stress related. I wouldn't leave my boyfriend because I thought I couldn't do any better, I don't know if this is her reason or not. I think a counselor might be helpful for her, since the doctors can't figure it out.

[Mandy]

He is still not doing well at all.
Since a few days he is coughing REAL BAD, he's throat is sore and has swollen glands.

He has problems at school with he's mentor. I know he really is doing he's best, and i don't know what more i can ask of him?
He's mentor is real strict, which is good thing, but somehow my son can't seem to please him, or at least, that's the feeling he get's.

At the end of this month it's teacher/parent evening, so i will speak to him.

[Janet]

Originally Posted by Mandy

He is still not doing well at all.
Since a few days he is coughing REAL BAD, he's throat is sore and has swollen glands.

He has problems at school with he's mentor. I know he really is doing he's best, and i don't know what more i can ask of him?
He's mentor is real strict, which is good thing, but somehow my son can't seem to please him, or at least, that's the feeling he get's.

At the end of this month it's teacher/parent evening, so i will speak to him.

Yes Mandy, you need to keep the communication going. At my son's school each teacher has a school email address, so it is so easy to discuss things. Sometimes it's so hard to get our times convenient to meet, so the emailing is so helpful.

[DianaB]

Originally Posted by Mandy

He is still not doing well at all.
Since a few days he is coughing REAL BAD, he's throat is sore and has swollen glands.

He has problems at school with he's mentor. I know he really is doing he's best, and i don't know what more i can ask of him?
He's mentor is real strict, which is good thing, but somehow my son can't seem to please him, or at least, that's the feeling he get's.

At the end of this month it's teacher/parent evening, so i will speak to him.

Can you see about getting him a different mentor? How they feel about themselves is very important. More important than grades.

A couple of years ago my daughter was struggling with her reading. She had to read books at a certain reading level that wasn't comfortable for her to read in. I tried to get it lowered but couldn't. I decided that I would just remind her every day that she needed to read because if she didn't make her quota then her english grade would be lowered a whole grade.

I reminded her and reminded her and one day I got her 5 week grades in the mail. When she got home I was getting on to her (She's very mild mannered and so you NEVER yell at her). She turned pale and said that she felt sick and turned around to go to the bathroom. Then she passed out cold on the floor! My husband was there with me when it happened and it scared us both!! She woke right back up and was fine. I swore that there was no grade that was worth the stress that she was feeling over all of this. I never said another word about it. She never reached her reading goal at all that year or part of the next year, but I didn't care. Her health was more important to me.

Last year she had a special reading class and a wonderful teacher and I'm happy to say that she has greatly improved in her reading and actually seems to enjoy it now.

Do what you can to make this a better situation. Your son's well being is more important than any grade!!

[Mandy]

Originally Posted by DianaB

Can you see about getting him a different mentor? How they feel about themselves is very important. More important than grades.

A couple of years ago my daughter was struggling with her reading. She had to read books at a certain reading level that wasn't comfortable for her to read in. I tried to get it lowered but couldn't. I decided that I would just remind her every day that she needed to read because if she didn't make her quota then her english grade would be lowered a whole grade.

I reminded her and reminded her and one day I got her 5 week grades in the mail. When she got home I was getting on to her (She's very mild mannered and so you NEVER yell at her). She turned pale and said that she felt sick and turned around to go to the bathroom. Then she passed out cold on the floor! My husband was there with me when it happened and it scared us both!! She woke right back up and was fine. I swore that there was no grade that was worth the stress that she was feeling over all of this. I never said another word about it. She never reached her reading goal at all that year or part of the next year, but I didn't care. Her health was more important to me.

Last year she had a special reading class and a wonderful teacher and I'm happy to say that she has greatly improved in her reading and actually seems to enjoy it now.

Do what you can to make this a better situation. Your son's well being is more important than any grade!!

I agree, school puts them under a lot of pressure.
He loves he's school, and get's very good grades, but it sounds like he's mentor wants it all to be perfect, like last week he had to make a project for biology, he showed me, and to me it looked fine, so he took it to school, he had to redo it, he worked very hard on it, and took it back the next day, he sent it back again for him to redo, he redid it again for the third time. That next day he's mentor told him to come into school 2 hours earlier to redo it again, because he was still not happy with the way it looked. My son was soooooo upset.
Anyway, he did as he was told, he's mentor was surprised to see him at school that early? I mean really... either i'm not getting it, or the school system is totally confused.
But i am not leaving it like this, i will have a good talk to he's mentor at teacher/parents evening.