I was extremely irritated while I impatiently sat in the waiting room for 45 minutes past my appointment time waiting for my name to be called. I remember thinking, "Well this is a great first impression" as I recalled the forms that were mailed to me from this office stating that if I was 10 minutes late I would be charged a fee and be required to reschedule. I thought about getting up and making this point to the receptionist... but I didn't.
When I was finally called I met with the doctor who asked me questions about what brought me in to see her and my past medical history. She asked questions about my symptoms and implied that she wanted to diagnose me with irritable bowel, but because of the B12 deficiency and the existing autoimmune condition of my thyroid, she decided to schedule me for an upper endoscopy and a colonoscopy to hopefully rule out any other conditions including Crohn's.
She also gave me a lab from to have a genetic blood panel done to test for my predisposition to digestive diseases. (ugghhh :( more blood work?)
Though the thought of having a camera put down my throat and another in to my butt, made my stomach turn, I knew this was one more step towards having some more answers. The double procedure would be done by her in about a month.
