Well the doctor I've been praising is not my GI doctor, it's my internal medicine doctor at Kaiser. I am actually verrrry disappointed about the GI setup there. It was my internal med. doc who ordered the colonoscopy and ran all the blood tests. The only time I spoke with my GI doctor was on colonoscopy day when they already had me partially sedated. It turns out that Kaiser is down one GI doctor so they are not even scheduling consultation appts. with their two remaining GI docs! Can you believe that? I actually had to type up what was going on with me and had the GI doc read it while on the colonoscopy table...that was the only time I met him! He said that after the procedure all of my questions and follow up would have to be with me Internal Med doc. So much for quality health care!
So maybe you're not so bad off after all. At least you get to have a conversation with your GI doctor. Long story short, I have a great Internal Med doctor who listens to me, and tries her best to help where she can, and is grateful for the info about this website so she can now pass this info to her IBS patients.
Sorry, I wish I could have provided you with a great GI doc's name! I will think good thoughts for you on your procedures next week. Let me know how it turns out, okay?
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