MKMBeau

Your endo doesn't have to order your blood tests (but the blood tests could convince her to advise an endoscopy). Do you have a GP? My physician was willing to order blood tests, but I asked for a referral to GI clinic. Still deciding if that was a good idea (whole different set of issues) but it did educate me that almost any type of practitioner can order...

Thanks so much for this info. I just recently had a "clear" Endoscopy/Colonoscopy and "iffy" blood tests, (GI resident's words, not mine) but have been seeing an increase in frequency and severity of symptoms over last 9 months (migraines, GI distress, bloating/gas with pain, loose stools, constant going to the bathroom, irregular periods, yeast infections...