I took my 2yo in for an ear infection follow up, and saw the new Dr. in the practice.
The first thing she said when she came in was a comment about ds not being vax'd. I proceed to ignore and the visit went well up until the end.
Ds's ears are fine now but then she starts in again about my position on vax, I'm putting everyone else at risk, pregnant mothers who will have deformed babies, babies who will die if there were an outbreak of X, Y, or Z, etc. So then we get to the mercury, and this, BTW, is my #1 problem with vax's. (I have an autistic son, and a dd with an autoimmune disorder[JRA]). She says they can't prove anything, blah, blah, cites all the studies, I cite all the conflict of interest in said studies, all the studies done abroad where they stopped using thimerosal years ago, and boy is she getting upset by this time. I ask if they use mercury free vax in the office, she says they have to be requested. WTF? I was unaware of this, I thought that all kids vax were now, (after the old supply was used up) thimerosal free!!! She knew that this was wrong, but had no other comment other than, It's Bush's fault, because he won't give grants to the drug co's to manufacture merc free vax's. Who cares who's right or wrong? I'm trying to protect my baby!!
Anyway, I thought we were just having a discussion. I was calm and collected, I expect this, (to a certain degree), but she was visibly upset and ended up throwing her arms up in the air and saying that I have the right to do what I think is best and to "take care of my kids" and walked out of the room.
All in all, I feel really wierd about the whole thing. She certainly didn't change my stance, but I'm just left feeling a little wierd, about an MD almost losing it because a decision that I have made thinking that I'm right, but also, her thinking that she's right. Anyone know what I mean? Or has anyone had a "discussion" like this with a Dr. before?
Sometimes I just feel like I want to be like everyone else. Even though I don't.
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The first thing she said when she came in was a comment about ds not being vax'd. I proceed to ignore and the visit went well up until the end.
Ds's ears are fine now but then she starts in again about my position on vax, I'm putting everyone else at risk, pregnant mothers who will have deformed babies, babies who will die if there were an outbreak of X, Y, or Z, etc. So then we get to the mercury, and this, BTW, is my #1 problem with vax's. (I have an autistic son, and a dd with an autoimmune disorder[JRA]). She says they can't prove anything, blah, blah, cites all the studies, I cite all the conflict of interest in said studies, all the studies done abroad where they stopped using thimerosal years ago, and boy is she getting upset by this time. I ask if they use mercury free vax in the office, she says they have to be requested. WTF? I was unaware of this, I thought that all kids vax were now, (after the old supply was used up) thimerosal free!!! She knew that this was wrong, but had no other comment other than, It's Bush's fault, because he won't give grants to the drug co's to manufacture merc free vax's. Who cares who's right or wrong? I'm trying to protect my baby!!
Anyway, I thought we were just having a discussion. I was calm and collected, I expect this, (to a certain degree), but she was visibly upset and ended up throwing her arms up in the air and saying that I have the right to do what I think is best and to "take care of my kids" and walked out of the room.
All in all, I feel really wierd about the whole thing. She certainly didn't change my stance, but I'm just left feeling a little wierd, about an MD almost losing it because a decision that I have made thinking that I'm right, but also, her thinking that she's right. Anyone know what I mean? Or has anyone had a "discussion" like this with a Dr. before?
Sometimes I just feel like I want to be like everyone else. Even though I don't.

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