WARNING: This is going to be a TMI review so get ready...
I have a long history of tummy problems. So I finally decided to see a gastroenterologist. After much research and a 3 month waiting period I finally got in to see Dr. Kim.
First Visit: It was an utter disappointment. As I tried to explain my symptoms including tell her that I only go to the bathroom like every other day she laughed and said "well how much do you want to go?" This made me feel like I wasn't taken seriously. Then she basically accused me of abusing laxatives. Anyway, she set up some tests and wrote me a prescription.
Second Visit: So I went in and explained that the medicine I was taking had been making me sick and I felt that the dosage was too high. Dr. Kim then tells me that her nurse isn't in and she doesn't have access to her notes so she is COMPLETELY unaware as to what I am taking and the what the dosage is. Then I tell her I'm interested in being screened for Celiac Disease. She decides I don't need that and instead tells me to take a laxative (Which by the way she obviously forgot that the first visit she thought I was a laxative addict) and if that doesn't work she would set me up with a nutritionist.
WHAT??? I am so upset about this. Is this what healthcare is like at the University of Chicago? Do you really tell a client to take a laxative? Needless to say I have not been back to see her. I have found a much better gastroenterologist over at Rush. read more