Not a happy camper

It has taken me a couple weeks to post this because I am extremely unhappy with my doctor and unsure what to do. He did diagnose me with gastroparesis but he said it was "mild." When I asked the nurse on the phone about the other findings of the scope she said it was just consistent with gastroparesis (GP for short); the food not emptying properly from my stomach is irritating the stomach lining. I said, "Don't you want me to come in for an appointment or something?" and she said, "No just eat frequent small meals and call us if it doesn't get better." She claimed there were no meds for it. I was TICKED!!!! No not ticked, PISSED!!!!! Because I knew there were meds. All you have to do is Google GP to find a list of meds.

They don't want to give me the meds which is their choice but why lie to me and treat me like I'm stupid? Why not SAY you don't want to give me the meds, or SAY the side effects are nasty or give me a few other options other than "frequent small meals" which I have already been doing all flipping year?! I felt totally brushed off; I was continuing to lose weight and unable to eat. I had just received this diagnosis but was still having symptoms and at a loss for what to do. I felt myself getting very angry and started arguing with the nurse about what to do and finally I thought you know what?? I'll play your dumb game and pretend to eat "small frequent meals," but I'll be calling you right back in a few weeks :-(

I wasn't sure what to do for several days. Part of me wanted to call them back and yell at them; part of me wanted to play nice and play their little game because hey everyone deserves a second chance and maybe, just maybe, it wasn't the doctor's fault. Maybe it was the nurse giving me the brush-off. Also, there are not a lot of GI docs in my area and I don't want to lose this guy unless I have to. I researched a few other GI docs but I didn't have any assurance they wouldn't brush me off like the others. A HUGE part of me didn't have the time or energy to mess with them. Finally I decided I would just wait until the holidays were over as all the doctors' offices seemed to be very busy and distracted. I will call them then and say, "I am eating small frequent meals but gosh darn it! :-) I am still having problems!" And see what they say. If they brush me off again, I'll find another GI doc.