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Doctors In Tx?

jswog

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Can anyone recommend a GOOD doctor in TX: San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Abeline? I live in San Angelo and today had a VERY bad experience with the GI I had been referred to here (more details in my post in the pre-diagnosis forum). We're willing do drive to find a GOOD doctor that actually KNOWS about Celiac Disease and LISTENS to patients and takes them seriously. If anyone has any recommendations/experiences with doctors within a 4 hour radius from here, I'd love to hear about them! Thanks so much!

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Can anyone recommend a GOOD doctor in TX: San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Abeline? I live in San Angelo and today had a VERY bad experience with the GI I had been referred to here (more details in my post in the pre-diagnosis forum). We're willing do drive to find a GOOD doctor that actually KNOWS about Celiac Disease and LISTENS to patients and takes them seriously. If anyone has any recommendations/experiences with doctors within a 4 hour radius from here, I'd love to hear about them! Thanks so much!

Hi, I'm not anywhere near TX, but I wanted to suggest if you don't get any answers here, seek out your local gluten-free support group and e-mail them. They usually have liasions with drs that know about celiac disease.

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Thank you! I'm actually seeking out groups now. There isn't one near here, but I've scouted out the web sites of one in San Antonio and one in Dallas. I think the one in SA looks promising and I'm going to get ahold of them. My husband and I will be there in November anyway, so we'll stay another day or two if it means getting in with a competent doctor!

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