From the New York Times:
www.nytimes.com/.../18swimmer.html
A Disabled Swimmer’s Dream, a Mother’s Fight
By ALAN SCHWARZ
Published: June 18, 2008
SAN DIEGO — As Kendall Bailey swims, his praying-mantis limbs flapping him forward, something about the water disguises his many maladies: cerebral palsy, mental retardation, autism and more. Only in a swimming pool do they dissolve and allow his troubled body and mind to be all but normal. He is happy, safe and possibly the fastest disabled breaststroker in the world....
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And just what would your Doctorate be in to give such worldly advice? I kind of find your tone condescending here.....sorry if that's not the way you meant it....but that's the way I took it!
Sounds to me like after 19 years of doctors and I am sure a lot of tests....he probably has all of the above without very many questions.
When it comes to accepting any physician's diagnosis (especially one involving the claim of mental illnesses such as autism in children), people need to understand the facts and not rely on just what they read in the tabloid media. :doh:
Aside from reading about autism, what do you really know about it. Have you experienced living with an autistic child? Until you have, IMO you should keep your opinions to yourself.
And just what would your Doctorate be in to give such worldly advice? I kind of find your tone condescending here.....sorry if that's not the way you meant it....but that's the way I took it!
Sounds to me like after 19 years of doctors and I am sure a lot of tests....he probably has all of the above without very many questions.
Hey Tjburk
I don’t need a doctorate to be skeptical about the sorry state of the medical profession and the all too high risk of someone being misdiagnosed with a psychiatric disorder instead of finding out what's really wrong.
In fact, the risk of being injured (or possibly dying) due to a medical error is now even greater than a car wreck. Just Google "Medical Malpractice Lawsuits" and you'll see the magnitude of the problem. On this note, here’s an article on the sorry state of the health care system: :shakeshead:
www.sfgate.com/.../article.cgiwww.sfgate.com/.../viewwww.sfgate.com/.../article.cgi
It’s becoming more convenient for doctors to just slap a psychiatric label on the patient rather than take time to do a legitimate diagnosis.
And when it comes to “compassionate care”, HMOs and their doctors view the patient with the moral equivalent of just another junk car to be run through the scrap metal shredder:
www.youtube.com/watch
Dolphin 2
The San Francisco Chronicle? There is a widely read Medical Journal.....NOT!
Where are the facts to back up these ludicrous accusations?
This kid is 19 years old....You actually expect us to believe that he could have been misdiagnosed for Cerebral Palsey and all of that other stuff?
I for one being a retired Vet hope like hell I never come under your care!
And by the way....where in any of his problems was mentioned about a psychiatric disorder......Every one of the problems I read about was physical.....including Autism (read up on it) and mental retardation!
I don’t need a doctorate to be skeptical about the sorry state of the medical profession and the all too high risk of someone being misdiagnosed with a psychiatric disorder instead of finding out what's really wrong.
Apparently you don't need an education, either.
His problems are neurological, not psychiatric. And as the parent of a disabled child myself, I daresay his mother has left no stone unturned when it comes to his medical care.
Hey everyone, Tom Cruise makes an appearance on our forum. Dolphin 2 has gone from talking about one topic he has no experience or knowledge of (swimming) to another (the medical profession). Stay tuned, next week he'll tell us all about nuclear physics because he owns a toy gyroscope.
When you can google, who needs to go to skuul?
Hey Aquageek
What exactly is YOUR scientific expertise on anything I've discussed here? Have you ever served as an expert witness in providing court testimony?
Although I'm not a medical professional, I have in fact backed up my statements (about the risk of being a victim of medical malpractice) with solid evidentiary sources and if being proved wrong as Hell frustrates you, that's your problem. :cry: :cry: :cry:
By the way, if you think Tom Cruise is some kind of "nut case" for bashing the psychiatric profession, just try it for yourself. Just set up an appointment with a doctor and have him/her write you a prescription (they're pushing psych meds like canday) for a few capsules of Prozac (or any other SSRI or antidepressant).
I can guarantee you that within one week, instead of being "Happy as a lark" you will be kicking down the door for assistance in getting off the stuff -and over the horrible side effects. :(
Dolphin 2
