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FIND A NEW DOC! PLEASE! Your post made me so upset Kelly! You're such a sweetie...you shouldn't have to go through this!
I've been where you are! I went through THREE GI's before I found one that would test me for celiac. THREE! The 4th one tested me, but I hads to fight tooth and nail to get her do it! It was worth it though.
Wow, your b/f sounds wonderful! How was the cake? It sounds delicious! I don't eat sugar much, so I'll just live vicariously through you! 
I am SO SORRY about the doc! I hope you'll find someone with a head on their shoulders! That doc obviously is missing something...
Happy b-day and hope you're feeling better!
*hugs*
Ruchie
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Laura
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I was in the same situation with the rheumatologist my regular doctor referred me to for my fibromyalgia. I just said something like, "He seemed a little disappointed that he couldn't find something wrong with me that he could treat effectively, so I thought if it's okay with you, I'd like to just come back and see you for the follow up care." And he was fine with that and that's what I've been doing! (Of course he was fine with it, this way he gets my money instead!!)
Oh, and he treats my IBS too. He's really great. And he knew exactly what I was "saying between the lines" too.
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Forgive my ignorance...but do you guys have to pay every time you go to see a doctor??
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yup. sometimes just a small amt called a co-pay if you have private insurance. but there's no national health insurance and many people do without -- which is a major scandal IMHO for the richest country on earth, that we can't even take care of our own poorest women and children properly. Don't get me started !!!!!!!!!
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So you guys must spend a fortune seeing all the doctors and specialists for IBS...
I don't know what I would do if I had to pay to see the doctor...I'd be one sick girlie!! I'm way too broke!!
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again, it depends on the insurance. I have good insurance so it doesn't cost me too much. But yeah, my brother and his girlfriend can barely pay the rent much less afford to go to a doctor. So they wait until they're really sick and end up in the emergency room when it was something that if they could afford to have treated to begin with would have been really simple. Isn't that ironic!
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if you don't have health insurance, you pay all medical costs out of pocket whenever you need any health care at all. Even if you do have insurance, you pay part of everything, and there's always a limit what insurance will cover, or exclusions, so if you really run up some high health bills you might end up bankrupt even if you have insurance.
And, if you don't have a job that offers health insurance coverage (which you'd still have to pay for) you might not be able to get insurance at all. The companies can turn you down - and if you have any pre-existing medical conditions, or are over a certain age, they probably will. Even if you can get private medical insurance when your job doesn't offer coverage, that doesn't mean you can afford it. $500 a month is an average cost for a healthy husband and wife in their early thirties. And then you'd still have to pay partial costs on top of that when you actually saw a doc or had tests. And that coverage probably wouldn't include prescription drugs....
The US has the highest medical costs in the world (and our pharmaceutical companies are the most profitable companies in the country!) - and over 20% of our population has no health insurance coverage at all. Medical bills are the number one reason for personal bankruptcy. Don't even get me started - this whole topic is just a national shame. 
- H
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good ol Alberta health Care I can go to the doctor 5 days a week if I want. but......... oh yea
I am moving to NC soon  yikes lol
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We pay, and PAY, and PAY!
I'm retired, but I'm too young to qualify for MediCare. That means I have to get my own medical insurance. I felt LUCKY TO GET IT! I pay -- are you ready? -- just for me alone, not hubby, no one else but me -- and this doesn't inlude dental coverage -- a whopping $383 every month!
But wait -- it doesn't stop there! I have a $500 deductible every year. That means they won't pay for anything until I've paid at least $500 for doctors for that year.
Now, as bad as that may sound, I really am lucky I have it. For example, when I had my colonoscopy, wow was that expensive! Thank goodness for my medical coverage! And then when I had my diverticulitis attack and ended up in the hospital -- WOW! Again, SOOO glad to have the coverage.
It's an evil necessity. Here in the States you HAVE to have medical coverage. It's a gamble to "take your chances," because, as Heather says, if you have something serious happen to you that sends you into the hospital for an extended stay, without medical coverage, it could really bankrupt you.
Enjoy your socialized medicine, Girlfriend!
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