Thanks so much John. I just don't know where I would start there. I have good specialists here who went to really good schools but wonder if bc I'm and some of them are in an HMO, if I 'm receiving everything I could be, especially in the way of diagnostics. They are very generous with the baselines but I know I could probably have some more specialized things like labs. I have tons of imaging diagnostics and blood work etc., but most of the labs are Kaiser Permanente's and there are a lot of disqualifiers on the results page about how they test. I just got a path report from some stomach and esophageal Bx's that had quite a few disqualifiers on the prep and testing such as, "not FDA approved" but good enough (not verbatim). I read a book called, "Believe Me" by Yolanda Hadid Foster who was very sick for a very long time and went around the world to renowned Specialists to try different treatments. She spent a fortune and ultimately her illness and all surrounding it, led to divorce from David Foster the very popular music producer. She kept testing negative for Lyme disease in America, but positive in the European blood test. In the book she describes the differences. So this is what gets me to wonder about whether or not an HMO will go the extra mile with Diagnostics. I'm very grateful for the care I have and think it is very good however I know it can be taken to a deeper level. I just don't know if Mayo Clinic does that? I wonder if any of you out there know or have good reference to what your doctors or insurance company would pay for, especially if it's an HMO, compared to the testing that Mayo Clinic doctors will do.

Sorry for the novel and please know how grateful I am for your great help!

I pray that you are doing much better than tolerable today and always. Warmest regards, Sunny (too lazy to type "flower" anymore.