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Recommendation For A Gi Dr In Chicago

foodiegurl

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I was just diagnosed by blood by my local GI in March. Well, not "officially" diagnosed since I refused the biopsy. I actually have a follow-up today, and I think I am going to request the biopsy now, but more for the h.pylori than the celiac, and do not want to do a gluten challenge.

However, I am not crazy about this dr, and would rather find someone specializing in celiac, as I know there is a group at University of Chicago. I am currently living just outside the city, but as soon as our house sells, we are moving back, and I have most of my doctors still there (we used to live there until just 2 years ago)

Could someone give me a name of someone they love, or email me, if you can't post it. Also, I would rather have the biopsy here, since the hospital is so close to my house, and U of Chicago, for example, being that it is on the south side of the city is quite a drive for me. Or will they not accept me if i have had my biopsy somewhere else?

I hope that makes sense. Thanks!

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bump :)

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bump :)

Did you find a good GI in Chicago? I am also looking for a good/understandable/willing to test/etc. GI in the city.

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I have not yet, and no one responded on here :(

I am getting my biopsy done locally, and then after that I guess I will find a new GI Dr....i guess i was thinking I would get a referral for one at the Univ of Chicago, since they are leading drs in the field right?

Though, since i am living north of the city that will be one long drive! Most of my drs are at Northwestern, so at least that drive is not as bad.

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Good luck on your biopsy! Good GI's are hard to find. It does seem like University of Chicago and Northwestern is the way to go though to find a doctor. I'm sure it is even harder to find a doctor out of the city though

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I was just diagnosed by blood by my local GI in March. Well, not "officially" diagnosed since I refused the biopsy. I actually have a follow-up today, and I think I am going to request the biopsy now, but more for the h.pylori than the celiac, and do not want to do a gluten challenge.

However, I am not crazy about this dr, and would rather find someone specializing in celiac, as I know there is a group at University of Chicago. I am currently living just outside the city, but as soon as our house sells, we are moving back, and I have most of my doctors still there (we used to live there until just 2 years ago)

Could someone give me a name of someone they love, or email me, if you can't post it. Also, I would rather have the biopsy here, since the hospital is so close to my house, and U of Chicago, for example, being that it is on the south side of the city is quite a drive for me. Or will they not accept me if i have had my biopsy somewhere else?

I hope that makes sense. Thanks!

Lillian Newbie
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Hi guys,

I go to Dr. Keshavarzian from Rush in Chicago. He also has hours in a Skokie office.

He and his staff dedicate themselves to Celiac Disease. He is a fabulous gastroenterologist, great with biopsies- seriously, don't be afraid- he will ONLY do that if needed. He is up with the latest practices, studies, etc. Not every gastroenterologist is as well informed as Dr. Kesh (his nickname).

He also has his own specialists should you need to see a skin doctor, etc. He has a wonderful nutritionist on staff who helped me out during just a couple visits.

University of Chicago is supposed to be great too. But I love Dr. Kesh. I've been a Celiac for almost 5 years now. I'm 57 years old and for about seven years I was told I had IBS and anxiety and whatever they thought they could tell me. I found out I was a Celiac when my obygyne did a routine checkup and found I was anemic. He gave me iron and told me to come back in six months. When I told my internist about this, that's when he started investigating further and wanted me to be checked for Celiac. And guess what? After being scoped by a wonderful gastroenterologist, I was finally diagnosed correctly. But, then I myself did some more research and felt I should go to the best in the field. I have been gluten free since then- it wasn't easy at first, but once I noticed the difference in my health, my moods, and my sleep, I knew I'd be O.K. There are harder things in life than this. Truly, you can live a healthy life and feel good if you watch yourself extremely well. Yes, I have my ups and downs and have to be super careful when eating out, but then again, who do I need to take care of first? This whole gluten free life style has major limitations, all of which are totally doable and even enjoyable.

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