Jobsworths

Jobsworths don't you just hate them...You know the type stick ridgidly to the rules etc...Well i phoned the surgery this morning and got through at 8.28am...Now i know they don't open for taking appointments for that day until 8.30am but hey i was only 2 mins early and really needed the appointment...Well i got this snotty receptionist who told me to phone back in 5 mins when it was 8.30...I said excuse me but going by teletext it is now 8.29 and by the time we finish this call it will be past 8.30...She repeated phone back in 5 mins when it is 8.30 and i said sorry your clock is slow...Anyway she eventually hung up on me at 8.31am...Boy was i angry and immediately started redialling...Had my finger on the redial button for 15 mins <sigh> ...Got through HURRAH!!!!...Asked for appointment with specific GP got told yes there is one at 10.30 said i'll have it...Got told sorry it's just gone :o(  But they did have one at 10.40 so took it...So i came online to do some support group work to keep me awake and then left to get the bus round...Not fit to drive today...Now bearing in mind i left here at 10.10 i got there at 10.45 by time on my mobile phone LOL...GP isn't that far by bus just a lot of roadworks and every set of traffic lights being at red, typical when you are in a hurry...Got glowered at a bit by receptionist but i just smiled <ggg>...Well their clock was 5 mins slow LOL...

GP is in his own words 'PISSED OFF' with what has happened regarding the referral...He reads it as both an insult on my parenting skills and his judgement as a GP...This GP has know both boys since they were born...He knows the whole history over the years and quite frankly is in more of a position to pass judgement than stupid clinical psych who rejected the referral...He is angry because he sent the referral to child & family PSYCHIATRY not psychology...He fails to see how seeing youngest 4 times and me 3 times over a 9 month period is considerable psychology input...As we both said we would dread to think what a small amount of input would be...As my GP says i have been dealing with the ASD for 13 years with both boys...My parenting skills are not crap...What this woman said school use is what i use at home and the age he is at the techniques are going to begin to stop being so effective...Am not some new parent who doesn't have a clue in fact i probably know more than the psychologistdid...Oh and the reason he was referred to clinical psych before she didn't address that problem...Because in her words his autism would get in the way of methods she could use...It was also her who brought up the idea of medication (which she can't prescribe)...As for there being NO CHANGE in his presenting difficulties my GP reckons she also appears to want me hospitalised or worse...So now my GP is going to write again requesting a FULL PSYCHIATRIC assessment...For one thing he was diagnosed when he was 6 a lot has changed in him over the last 8 years...IF he does have some ADHD on top of the autism then we want to know properly and not just it being bandied about...Also there is a place he can go to for help with behaviour and get techniques that will suit his autism but we cannot go there without being referred by a psychiatrist...Are these people up there stupid...Can they not read...Why when you are a parent of a child with special needs do they call foul on your parenting skills but wouldn't dare if you were a parent of a so called "normal" child...Am i being over sensitive...Maybe a little but my GP doesn't think so...He happens to think i have done a bluddy good job with both my sons over the years...Am also one of the few parents i know in my position who are not on any medication themselves to help them cope ie: anit depressants etc...So am keeping the appointment i have with the GP on 18th July just in case i need it then...By then hopefully we will have heard back from psychiatry and if not i will need that appointment...If they refuse too then i will go down route of contacting local MSP and taking it from there...Got contacts there anyway and i WILL exploit them if the need arises <ggg> ...I will fight for anything i believe my children need and i know i have full backing from my GP...He is excellent and i have been told by other professionals that he is the best GP to see here if you have a child on the autistic spectrum...

Youngest has just got back home from school and today he had a swimming gala...His school won overall with 145 points :o) ...He himself won one of his races YIPPEE!!!!...So he's a happy bunny and am well chuffed for him...they didn't get medals at this one though so none to add to his collection LOL...

Oh whilst i was at GP i did ask if there was any viruses or bugs going round as i feel like i have been hit by a ten tonne truck...It's gastric flu...Luvely NOT lol...It isn't lasting long so tomorrow i should be on way to recovery...Just as i had began to get fitness up at the gym am gonna be back to square one LOL...Oh well i can still sit cross legged something i haven't been able to do for years due to knackered knees...Toodle pip xx