How do I convince gastro to test, or do I give up?????

July 18, 2006

Hello all,

I have some issues with my gastro doc. I don't know whether to look elsewhere

(because he hasn't hurt me yet, and that is a biggie) or to try one last time to

get him to do his job properly! Here is the situation:

I can't figure out how to convince (or get another doctor) to test me for celiac

disease and the hydrogen breath test. When I asked my gastro doc, I was told

since I wasn't losing weight for no reason, I shouldn't be tested for the breath

test, but when I read up on it, I felt that I should be tested, espcially since

I have not been able to digest grains and sugar since a very high dose of

anitbiotic AND he hasn't found the cause of the symtoms! You would think he

would test me just to rule it out, but no! When I asked him to check or Celiac

{he was already doing an endoscopy} but was told that I didn't have the

symptoms, but when I read up on THAT, same deal! I saw with both diseases, the

symptoms are fairly common, except for a few and I certainly quailfy to be

tested.

I am not sure whether to leave him or what, since he does have a good side, he

does not 'push Rx' on me. Many doctors do and I have to fight and go through

drama, but he doesn't. I just don't know how to get this egotistical doctor to

run the two tests to rule these reasonable things out, especially after another

doctor messed up my digestive with the anti-biotic. With this doc, if I present

an idea, and it didn't come from an MD, it didn't occur! He ignores my

suggestions, and then when I figure something out and it works (like SCD) he

acts like he knew all along, but if he did, he would have told me in the first

place! UGH!

Any advice on how to deal with an ego-doc to get him to run two simple tests

would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

God bless,

Hazelpone

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