technodup":1jrvwb6h said:
Alison":1jrvwb6h said:
I know full well there is nothing more than a headache and that's what anyone would say with a medical degree or not.
No you don't.
7 years training and many more of experience vs your gut feeling?
7 years training? I've known people who've been in the medical profession 20 years and are afraid of their own shadow, and some that have only just started and can walk over the above and beyond. Funny when I had Amelia I had a midwife that was petrified of actually delivering a baby and she'd been a community midwife for 30 years, her new girl midwife was as cool as a cucumber, experience and training is jack shit to some to be honest.
My son used to complain about back and side pains as a child, he really was in pain, I used to suggest a warm bath and he'd say it eased it but would still lay there suffering, it'll pass I said, he's now nearly 21 didn't hurt not taking him to the GP. I get really severe chest pains, I mean really seriously painful no amount of painkillers treat it, I've had them since 13 never been to the GP ever, still get them and am 47. children have pains, adults have pains 99.99999999% of the time it's just life and if every time you had a twinge you went crawling to the GP, you'd need a surgery every two doors down.
She just has a headache, I have them, Joe blogs has them I've had headaches that have lasted a week or more, I'm still here, If at any time I thought it was above and beyond normal, I'd bloomin carry her there but they are just a normal part of life.
mattr":1jrvwb6h said:
Another thing to be aware of, from the schools perspective, parents are far easier for kids to fool (I did it often enough!). Doctors generally aren't. A Doctors sick note trumps any number of parental ones.
The other two really do take the piss sometimes but when Amelia is ill, you know she's ill, you cannot fake the look.
Alison