Every time we go to see US specialists I am always overwhelmed by:
- their superior expertise
- patient communication style
- vast experience
- support staff and facilities
It wasn't different this time either. I really-really want Fi to have access to these facilities.
At the same time, once again I have realized that not everything is about science. I like rational solutions, I am a lot more comfortable planning overwhelming finances and fights with insurance companies than thinking of the emotional side of being born physically different and what might help one to be a well -adjusted adult. Heck, I feel we are all screwed up in our own way, despite our parents best or worst efforts, I am thinking Philip Larkin: This Be The Verse...
So it really helped me to talk with my friend and her teenage daughter in Atlanta to start thinking a bit more actively on this subject of emotional health.
I have come away with a new item for my to do list for the next few years, namely to ensure for Fi to be very involved in a sport that she enjoys and can do, which is most likely to be swimming. Please don't make me do a post about the researched impact of sports on self esteem :-)))
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