Quick rant about doctors..!

[Dottydot]

I was diagnosed with Coeliac disease in November and wanted to get ds2 (my biological ds) tested as well as there's a 1:10 chance he'll have it. Managed to get a referral to a paediatrician to take the blood - ds is only 2 so the GP couldn't do it.

Dp took him for his blood test yesterday and apparently the doctor doing it was quite stroppy - said she didn't want to do it because he was a good height and weight. Grrrr - I'm coeliac and I'm 5'8" and 14 stone!! Just a tiny bit of research/knowledge about the disease shows that a large minority of coeliacs are normal/overweight - not all coeliacs are tiny thin people..!

So, dp explained all this and had to be quite firm and the doctor eventually did the test.

Just makes me . Do they think we really want to put our children through unnecesary tests??? If ds has got it, he's at an ideal age to start on a gluten free diet because he'll remember little about what ordinary food tastes like. And he won't get horribly anaemic like I am.

Right. Rant over - I'll been wanting to do that all day!

[chipmonkey]

Know how you feel, Dot. I brought ds1 for a blood test to check for possible diabetes. He always seemed to be very thirsty and had started wetting his bed after being dry at night. The nurse who was taking his details said
"Of course, I can tell he's fine" and gave me a what-a-fussy-paranoid-mother look. I have a strong family history of diabetes and my Dad had high blood sugar levels in childhood. I felt it was no harm to have ds1 tested because not all cases are cut-and-dried, some children can be borderline.

[hatwoman]

erm are you not living proof that it can easily go undetected? my brother was diagnosed a couple of years ago at about age 40. And - possibly like yourself - has complications as a result of years of wolfing down the gluten. the doctor ws being an arse.