DO NOT GO TO WEATHERSTONE! I went to Dr. Weatherstone for an upper GI. I told him several times that I have a long history of waking up from sedation quickly and that I've awakened mid-surgery/procedure (not while under general anesthesia) since my teenaged years. It's happened in every (and many) procedure I've had to endure. He didn't take me seriously and, of course, I woke up during the procedure. Instead of giving me more medicine to put me back to sleep, he had me held down and kept yelling at me to stop gagging! As if I could control the gagging reflex with a huge tube down my throat. He finished the procedure with me wide awake, in pain, held down by nurses, gagging and terrified. He traumatized me. It's been some years, now. I need to go back to a gastroenterologist but I'm still too scared. Afterward, he never acknowledged his mistake, my pain or distress, and from my experience with him, I'd be surprised if he's ever uttered an apology to any patient he's mistreated. read more