Doctors

mtb_dad86 · 2023-12-04T13:41:41+00:00

I know I'm late here but yes. Anytime our daughter has the slightest ailment mom is making her a doctor's appointment. I'm talking sore throat, cough, runny nose. The cherry on top is that when she lets me know about the appointment it's always followed with "She seems to have this every time she comes home from your house." Of course there's never an apology when the doctor explains to her that there isn't anything unique about my house vs anywhere else in the world that should could be getting a cold from and that she likely got it at school.

MightBusiness7231 · 2023-05-05T09:52:44+00:00

Women are insane. They don’t use reason for anything, other than how to get their own emotional needs satisfied.

n4l8tr · 2023-05-04T21:48:20+00:00

From an ER perspective as a provider in an ED we often see kids brought in because of custody issues. Claims of abuse by the other spouse they want documented. It’s a difficult situation. I share more as an FYI, heads up. It may seem like going for minor things. Just be aware that behind closed doors an entirely different picture gets presented sometimes.

Objective_Problem_90 · 2023-05-04T16:14:54+00:00

My ex takes our son to the er or urgent care every time he gets a fever. The doctors keep telling her that they do not have a magic pill and to just alternate Tylenol and ibuprofen. A few months back, she called an ambulance because he had a fever of 100. Of course, I have to pay half of every bill. While I don't mind care for son when needed, I wish there was a way to stop her wasteful spending ways.

Funny_Wolverine_9 · 2023-05-04T11:31:28+00:00

yes! wow - they're all alike....mental illness!!

Anonymous_By_Choice_ · 2023-05-04T11:29:33+00:00

I want to take it a step further here and ask how many of you are then accused of being medically negligent for NOT immediately taking the kids to a doctor for any given symptom?

Adorable_FecalSpray · 2023-05-04T05:40:00+00:00

Yes.

When we were married, trips to the doctor ($20 co-pays), for minor things. After moving and losing our (her) favorite kid's doctor she started taking them to Urgent Care. For sore throats and colds ($50 co-pay). Trips to the ER were not uncommon ($150 co-pays). Taking kids to out-of-network doctors (way more than normal co-pay, usually lots of money) because this or that friend of her's told her the doctor was good, etc. Once we divorced, she kept it up and would use my not wanting the kids to go to the ER or some specific out-of-network (general, not a specialist) doctor for stomach pain (gas, etc) against me in court.

I was able to eventually get some of that type of stuff written into the divorce decree. Such as her taking kids to an out-of-network doctor without my written (text or email) agreement she would need to pay the full amount. It has helped a little bit.

Background-Tax1986 · 2023-05-04T05:04:12+00:00

Dude my ex took the kids to the ER 6 times in the last 3 months. For very minor bumps and scapes. Things a common parent would just clean and let heal. I read something about parents do this with kids when they cannot cope or handle them. They take them to hospitals and sit in waiting room as a way to control the situation. It seems like every weekend she has them they spend a few nights going to the ER for such minor things.

upvotersfortruth · 2023-05-04T04:34:50+00:00

Yes. It’s horrible.

yosemitesam00 · 2023-05-04T03:32:04+00:00

Yes, the kids always have something new to diagnose and she gets very upset if I start poking my nose into things.

jimsmythee · 2023-05-04T03:24:21+00:00

My exwife was like that for herself. She had 10 different doctors she'd see each month. A laundry list of ailments and problems. She'd go to the ER almost every week when she'd run out of narcotics. She'd go to urgent care multiple times a month for ailments that needed more antibiotics.

She tried to do that to the kids. One time our daughter had a cough. A minor cough. Took her to the ER! And got a script for cough medicine.

Another time? Took other daughter to the ER because she was convinced that the tummy ache was appendicitis! I refused to go. So she went with her new boyfriend. After a litany of tests and an X-ray? Just constipation! Told her to give her fiber pills.

_uCanDoBetterBrO_ · 2023-05-04T02:16:21+00:00

Munchausin by proxy?

Title	Doctors
Author	Anonymous_By_Choice_
Upvotes	17
Comments	25
Date	May 4, 2023 2:02 AM UTC (3 years ago)
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