Re: how to get a doctor to take you seriously?
04/14/07 03:56 PM
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Reged: 08/23/06
Posts: 132
Loc: Jasper, GA
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Hi Hazelnut,
My first 2 GI Drs. did not run any test before announcing IBS and telling me to eat more fiber. The company I work for switched to a new health insurance company. When I went for my first visit with the "new" PCP, I told him my "symptoms" and the experience I had with the first 2 GI Drs. I then turned to him and said "I can't live like this any longer. Do you get my drift?" His eyes got big and he ordered xrays of my abdomen. When we looked at the Xrays together, the only think he said is, "Oh my God, you are full of [censored]." We both started laughing, but he then took me seriously. With in the week I had an appointment with a GI Dr. that ran all the test that Heather suggests before she said "You have IBS with constipation" She also said that she really didn't know how to treat me, and that I would probably find more help researching it myself. I found this site and all the helpful advice from those who have been there.
You don't say what exactly you are going through, but it is very important to have all the test run before a diagnoses of IBS is reached.
Hope that helps.
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