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EP22: Appointments, Advocacy & Anxiety — Navigating Medical Concerns and Doctor Visits With a Special Needs Child

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 We're diving deep into the junk drawer to unpack on of the ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก, ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก, & ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™œ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™™. ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ and ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ open up about what itโ€™s really like to ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†โ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ. Doctor visits aren't routine for a special needs mom. Theyโ€™re layered with anxiety, past trauma, and ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑโ€”๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. What should be a simple check-up often turns into a high-stress event. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ, ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ. ๐—  ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น-๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ, one with no instructions, no clock-out time, & an emotional load no one else sees.Weโ€™ve been there, and weโ€™ve seen God show up in theexam room, the hallway, and the breakdown in the car afterward.๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ'๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ. ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ. ๐Ÿ’• ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ. ๐ŸŽง๐—ง๐—จ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ'๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ. ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—™๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†! ๐Ÿ‘ฏ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉท ๐ŸŽง๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†, ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€, ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ,๐—ถ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ! https://tinyurl.com/5e2nhnae ๐Ÿ”น YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JunkDrawerMamas๐Ÿ”น Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6SZGUt4rEu5x1FZoQSWdLR ๐Ÿ’Œ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ: ๐Ÿ“บ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—จ๐—•๐—˜: https://tinyurl.com/pdp7nzpd๐Ÿ“˜๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ: https://tinyurl.com/bdh2f6kn๐Ÿ“ธ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ: https://tinyurl.com/ms4yttb5๐Ÿ“ฑ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ธ: https://tinyurl.com/mvbvbyjf๐ŸŒ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ: https://www.speciallyempoweredmoms.com/junkdrawermamas ๐Ÿ“จ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น: junkdrawermamas@gmail.com โœ”๏ธ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ...

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