Reply To: PANDAS

Health I know I should just ignore you, but I am quite offended that you call me a hypochondriac. My son- actually all of the family- has gone through so much these past few months, and also last year. I am wondering what is your threshold for sympathy- the number of years of suffering, the number of children affected? Would you tell someone with a broken arm they are a hypochondriac because they only broke one limb while other people have it much worse and have broken legs and arms? I admitted from the very start that B”H my son’s symptoms were not as bad as many of the cases I have heard about, and his treatment so far seems more straightforward, B”H. But I don’t know what the future will bring- will the inevitable next round of strep bring out worse? In case you haven’t noticed, I don’t usually start threads, and I did so now because I had a real need for support and understanding. Sorry you missed that point.
The only reasonable part of your post was the advice to test everyone else. I actually already did that and 1 kid is a carrier. B”H we found that out before he could re-infect his brother.