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San Francisco Or Peninsula Doctors?

munchkinette

By munchkinette
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I live in San Francisco, but my doctors are at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. I'm not really happy with most of them. I'm really not happy with my general practitioner and I want to switch, but I don't know who to switch to.

I have an appointment next week with the allergist. I'm not even sure what kind of doctor I need anymore. Are they the same as immunologists? I haven't been able to breathe out of my nose for months, and I almost went to the hospital Xmas Day because my asthma was so bad. My guess is something food related because I'm still tired, my acne is horrible (and itchy!) and I'm still bloated sometimes.

I want to try the allergy clinic (ENT) at Stanford. I've heard they have a good celiac program at Stanford, but I heard that I'm not eligible since I'm just gluten intolerant and my celiac tests were negative. :(

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