To Chris....Re:

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We have been through the spectrum of doctors with my daugher. Some

are very good and some have the bedside manor of a rock. Hang in

there. If you feel confortable talking with this person about how

thier comments upset you do so. Sometimes people don't know how

they sound to the people in the situation. If not maybe ride it out

for awhile and see if this environment is helping your daughter.

One of my daughter's doctors is a really good doctor but I've had to

learn to tune them out because they always say something stupid. Do

you have an option of changing doctors and starying in the

program?

>

> Thanks, for your words of support. I don't feel like I am

> handling this well at all. I just posted about our experience

> today. It was not so good, hwoever, my daughter assures me that

> tomorrow will be better now that she knows what to expect.

> The program expects a lot of compliance and a lot of work. Taking

it

> seriously, notetaking, paying attention....all these things are

> things that my daughter is not good at. The only good thing about

> today was that we met a 17 yr old girl that lives really close.

> There is a man there from Puerto Rico and a boy from California.

> I don't think I am handling this well. The woman scared me so

much.

> She told me that OCD usually spirals downward. My daughter had a

> problem with some hair loss from some meds (she had been on an

> arthritis med in addition to 2 others), and right now the hair is

> growing back in the front. Her hair is long, but in the front a

lot

> of hair is about 2 inches long. And I told her about my concern,

and

> her response was, " Would you rather her be bald or like this? "

That

> was a horrifying statement. And then mentioning residential on

the

> first day also threw me off guard. I am very sad today. I don't

> think this woman is a mother because if she was I don't think she

> would have spoken that way to me. What do you think? I sure hope

> tomorrow goes better.

> I haven't been reading all the posts for a while. I have been so

> busy. I hope you are all doing well. Ellen

>