More appointments, snarky mother.

Took Tyler to is 98874535th appointment today...this time for physio. I don't think I was overly pleasent. Not to the social worker anyway, who when introducing herself to me at the beginning said "I'm the one who spoke on the phone with you a few weeks ago". Ah yes. The lady with whome I have been royally pissed off at for awhile now. Here is the problem:

I was the one who diagnosed Tyler with torticollis. My GP didn't notice it in her visits with him until I pointed it out. She then referred me to a physio place at the beginning of July, which we FINALLY got into today. I was not willing to wait for months to begin Tyler's treatment however, and had phoned several friends and a coworker who had experience with torticollis. The general consensus was that physio was alright, but chiropractic really made a difference. I booked Tyler into a highly recommended pediatric chiropracter and we've been seeing her frequently. We have seen a HUGE difference in Tyler's neck and she has been fantastic. However, most people in the medical profession are extremely leery about chiro, and from what I hear, this concern can be warranted. When this social worker lady from the physio clinic called me awhile ago (and may I point out again - SOCIAL WORKER. Not MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL) I told her I had been seeing a chiropractor while waiting to get in to physio. She immediately questioned me and said I should have waited. I told her I was not willing to wait 2.5 months to get treatment for my son when everything I hear tells me that torticollis needs to be dealt with at as young an age as possible. We had a little argument on the phone which resulted in me throwing things around my house afterwards in tears and anger.

Do not question my intentions for my son. I have spent his entire life trying to do what is absolutely best for him. Unless you can show me your medical certificate, you have zero right to tell me what is right and wrong in terms of his treatment.

Okay. So anyway. Deep breaths.

Physio happened today and I will rephrase...I was very pleasant to all involved except said social worker. She can take her good intensions and shove...right. Deep breaths. Do I sound angry? It's more of my overwhelmed-ness taking the form of anger. We will now be going to physio every week until his neck begins to show forms of improvement. I'm so unsure what to do about chiro. Everyone at the physio clinic told me today that Tyler's condition is not a serious one. I kept telling them that is because I took him to the chiropractor last week and his neck improves every time he sees her. They kept telling me it's coincedence. They haven't seen him when he can't lift his ear off of his shoulder.

So what do I do? Every single person I know whose child has dealt with torticollis says that chiro worked the best on their child. Every single medical professional tells me that it's sketchy. Are there politics involved in why they don't like chiropractors or is it actually as dangerous as they say? I just want to help Tyler hold his head up straight. Maybe even go a few weeks one day without another appointment. That would be nice.