My ds had his 6 yr check up yesterday.. it didn't go well at all. To begin with he suffers from anxiety - and gets very stressed in certain situations, which I am slowly learning which ones cause it. In the car on the way there ds tells me that he is scared of the blood pressure arm band, and I told him that we would talk to the dr about it, hoping that the dr could ease his fear. Either by not doing it at all, or showing him how it works...
Anyways, we get there and ds starts to get stressed, so I explain to his dr what his fear is.. he doesn't say anything to ds, than we go into the examing room where he proceeds to do his routine exam, but not telling ds what he is doing before hand, at this point ds is freaking out b/c every time the dr goes to reach behind his head for something ds thinks he's getting the blood pressure band. I started to get really mad at him.. and I mean I was very very upset....
Not looking for advice as I am now looking for a new dr, who is understanding.. and gentle and can help ds through his fears, just sucks cause the clinic itself is run so smoothly and we're always in and out of there w/in 30min and they have great emg doctors!
Anyways, we get there and ds starts to get stressed, so I explain to his dr what his fear is.. he doesn't say anything to ds, than we go into the examing room where he proceeds to do his routine exam, but not telling ds what he is doing before hand, at this point ds is freaking out b/c every time the dr goes to reach behind his head for something ds thinks he's getting the blood pressure band. I started to get really mad at him.. and I mean I was very very upset....
Not looking for advice as I am now looking for a new dr, who is understanding.. and gentle and can help ds through his fears, just sucks cause the clinic itself is run so smoothly and we're always in and out of there w/in 30min and they have great emg doctors!
Which means, basically, never. I honestly don't remember the last time we went.
