2 year old getting an MRI

amother

↑ Yolk

Tue, Aug 13 2024, 2:55 pm

amother OP wrote:

I didn’t know it has long term effects.

I was scared to do too much research on it.

Is it any difference if I wait until she turns 3?

And just hope the drs know what they’re talking about when they say not to worry and just keep monitoring?

They did originally say they can check yearly and see if it changes.. but I was too worried and said let’s just check so we don’t need to wait until something gets worse cv

And after they do the mri you will have anxiety.

What if they missed something?
What if the dr didn't read the mri correctly?
What if they mixed up the records and they weren't even looking at my child's scans?

Instead of looking for a 4th opinion, meet with a psychiatrist to get your anxiety under control.

And once you've done that, you can go for a follow up in a year and see what the doctors say then.

amother

↑ Lawngreen

Tue, Aug 13 2024, 9:01 pm

amother Yolk wrote:

This. Op, please for your sake and your child’s sake address this anxiety.

kiwi strawberry

Tue, Aug 13 2024, 11:50 pm

The reason the doctors keep saying ok go for further testing/MRI when you press them and they feel under attack as you say is not because your pressure is finally getting them to 'admit' that there may actually be a problem but rather your pressure is making them say to you what they sense you are looking for and what they know will get you to stop- which is to say ok fine, if you're still worried you can do further testing. It's not because they think there is actually a problem or a true medical need for further testing. It's just because you are not satisfied with their answers, even if their answers might be the actual truth. Are you asking the same questions in different ways? Or pressing them to be absolute in their answers? That's a clue that they're just saying to do the MRI basically because that's really the only answer that will satisfy you. If a doctor told you this is 100% normal, nothing whatsoever to worry about, would that calm you down? Or would you still have doubts about that? And you feel like nothing will allay your fears besides doing the MRI? Those are signs that this is really just your anxiety that is driving this. Doctors aren't G-d. There IS no way for them to know with 1 billion percent certainty if it is or isn't a cyst. (By the way MRI's are not necessary 1 billion percent accurate either. They can miss something or what it shows is still not the full picture.) I'm sorry, I don't mean to be mean, but I think this is something you should really think about. Iyh you and your daughter should have long beautiful lives in the best of health!

amother

Floralwhite

Wed, Aug 14 2024, 7:41 am

amother Aquamarine wrote:

Every time a toddler undergoes anesthesia, the brain is effected. It's not something to do just to ease your anxiety.

I would suggest that you address and treat your anxiety. Once it's under control, you can reevaluate from a place of logical rational thinking and decide then if this is still necessary.

How is the brain effected?
Dc had about 2 dozen anesthesia events in first 2 years.

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op, I would ask Dr what they would do if it’s their own child.

And I don’t agree with many posters saying op pushed Dr into doing scans. I obviously wasn’t there, so don’t know how convo went. But from my experience with many docs, especially more laid back ones, sometimes mom asks some questions and they change their tone. Hard to explain, but unfortunately seen this happen few times.

This could be one of those situations where sometimes a wait and see approach is taken but doing scans is not unheard of. Op, does this seem to be correct?

amother

↑ Outerspace

Wed, Aug 14 2024, 12:16 pm

amother OP wrote:

Yes it is!

It's very common to hyperfocus on the oldest child and think that it's your job as a parent to get it right and make sure that you don't overlook anything that can be a big thing medically, like you're being responsible and taking him to doctor after doctor and even a specialist. You can trust your doctor. You can let go. You can ask Hashem to guide you to the right shlichim and do what you need to do. But don't go LOOKING for problems.

amother

↑ OP

Wed, Aug 14 2024, 5:05 pm

Thank you all for your responses and help!!

I went to another Dr who is NOT in the same office - different dr office and a top Dr

He was soooo kind BH!!! He reassured me this is a wait and see kinda thing and doesn’t necessarily need an MRI but for my anxiety if I can’t stop worrying about it we can do MRI.

I’m happy I got to hear from a new view. This dr sat down explaining me what he’d do with other patients in this case, some he’d refer to specialist just for their worrying.

Didn’t just sugar coat everything and call me crazy and walk out.

He said it’s not something an emergency bh.
He said we can monitor by the well checks to see if it does get bigger and if so then they can order an MRI, but doesn’t need to be now when she’s so little.

I’m glad I canceled the MRI for now and I’m going to work on my anxiety and Bitochon bezh!!