So my boyfriend finally got an appointment with a GI yet saw the practitioner instead cause the GI is based 20 min away and apparently everyone thinks that that's far for some reason so he never saw the actual GI. Anyway, the practitioner doesn't think his abdominal pain is from his gallbladder and will at least do an endoscopy, colonoscopy, blood work and poo tests. That's all fine and dandy until he tells me that the practitioner told him to take probiotics that are supposed to help with IBS and UC, a trial pack, so he can buy more when he runs out... No honey, we don't want your crap. Especially when he doesn't even have a diagnosis for either of those. On top of that, she wants him to INCREASE his fiber when he has extreme diarrhea on a daily basis. An increase in fiber can sometimes help people who have mild diarrhea but not Niagara Falls!
He's getting the blood work done tomorrow along with his poo kit and his scopes will be done in Feb. and the follow up appointment in March with HOPEFULLY the GI and not the practitioner will go over the results and then go from there.
I wish I had been able to go with him to his appointment so I knew what had been said/left out of the conversation. I'll be at his follow up appointment for sure.
From what he told me was that the appointment was like calling in tech support when your computer isn't working. "Well is it plugged in?" She told him to stop having dairy products for a few days to check for lactose intolerance. We haven't even had dairy in a few days cause I'M lactose intolerant. She could have just asked him if he was lactose intolerant cause most people know or should know at least. Not to mention that a little milk doesn't make you bleed out of your ass for a week.
Ok, I'm done venting, for the moment.
He's getting the blood work done tomorrow along with his poo kit and his scopes will be done in Feb. and the follow up appointment in March with HOPEFULLY the GI and not the practitioner will go over the results and then go from there.
I wish I had been able to go with him to his appointment so I knew what had been said/left out of the conversation. I'll be at his follow up appointment for sure.
From what he told me was that the appointment was like calling in tech support when your computer isn't working. "Well is it plugged in?" She told him to stop having dairy products for a few days to check for lactose intolerance. We haven't even had dairy in a few days cause I'M lactose intolerant. She could have just asked him if he was lactose intolerant cause most people know or should know at least. Not to mention that a little milk doesn't make you bleed out of your ass for a week.
Ok, I'm done venting, for the moment.
