Milwaukee Doctor?

[Pam]

Does anyone know of a good GI doctor in the Greater Milwaukee area who listens?

[fraggle]

Hi there,

I live in Canada/ Any other Canadians out there who had a tough time getting a diagnosis?

for 7 years after a car accident where I was pregnant and didn't know it I had horrible pain after I ate and sacroillitis. I was told I had IBS. I had a biopsy and enderoscopy because the gastroenterologist suggested poss. Chrohns. The biopsy came up negative for celiac disease but he said he couldn't see alot in the intestine due to so much inflammation. That was 7 years ago. After that I met a woman who said maybe you are allergic to gluten. I said "what is that?" she explained to me and took me to the health food store. I started a gluten free diet and became much better after about 5 months. Once I got better I began eating normally again. and had constant diarrhea. Embarrassingly one day I didn't make it to the bathroom and had diarrhea in my pants in front of my new husband and new children 10 and 11 (the kids thought it was funny). I had migraines every day, I went to my doctor and she said well a long time ago you were told you had IBS and she put me on the pills for IBs. They didn't help and I told her I think I am a celiac and went on a gluten free diet. My doctor gave me the blood test a month after I was gluten free and it came back negative. I could not go on a diet of gluten again for testing so I went to enterolab and my tests came back positive for gluten intolerent and dairy intolerant. I went to my first celiac meeting on Sunday and it was a gluten free potluck and delicious. The regional manager said the US tests tend to be more reliable and that some people who are positive on a biopsy test negative on the blood test and also some specialist don't know how to read a biopsy properly.

I suggest Save yourself a lot of time and havoc and go through enterolab. If you can afford it.

7 years later I finally have something in writing and have a gene also that makes a person gluten intolerant.

[chaessly]

I have a great doctor, but he is in Park Ridge, IL, which is about an hour south of Milwaukee. His name is Jeffrey Goldman, and he is affiliated with Lutheran General Hospital. He is absolutely wonderful, listens very well, and just has incredible bedside mannerisms. When I go see him, he sits down with me, and he lets me ask all of my questions, and just lets me vent, or talk as needed. He never makes me feel rushed, or like my questions are stupid or unimportant. So though he is a bit of a drive, I highly recommend him, and have had wonderful results since starting to see him nearly three years ago.