mrsbornkuntry
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- Jul 8, 2004
Since I have gotten a ton of great info. on these boards I was hoping someone could let me know their experience with this. My son is a cancer survivor, he was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 22 months old, after treatment for 6 months he was in remission for 15 months, then he relapsed, had more treatment, then a stem cell transplant. Now it's been 19 months since the transplant and he's doing great, no cancer, started school and immunizations etc. but my problem is his behavior. He's always had a strong will (which served him well when he was sick), but he's been showing a lot of disrespect for authority (me and dh, teachers, other adults), he has extreme mood swings and he's not on steroids (actually he was better behaved on steroids). We tried to set limits for him when he was in the hospital, but of course he was spoiled somewhat, but alot of these behaviors don't seem to be from being spoiled, he's just extremely emotional. He's also easily distracted and very impulsive.
What I'm wondering is if I'm just dealing with the result of his hospitalizations or if I should try to get him evaluated by a psychologist or something. I have 5 children and he's right in the middle and just behaves much worse than the other children. I read an article recently about Ritalin being helpful in helping cancer survivors with this, but I'm very reluctant to put any more drugs into his little body if this is something I can modify just by changing how I care for him. Has anyone else had experience with this?
On the Disney subject, WE LEAVE TOMORROW, WOO HOO!
What I'm wondering is if I'm just dealing with the result of his hospitalizations or if I should try to get him evaluated by a psychologist or something. I have 5 children and he's right in the middle and just behaves much worse than the other children. I read an article recently about Ritalin being helpful in helping cancer survivors with this, but I'm very reluctant to put any more drugs into his little body if this is something I can modify just by changing how I care for him. Has anyone else had experience with this?
On the Disney subject, WE LEAVE TOMORROW, WOO HOO!