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I don't want to settle for IBS-D diagnosis...

Digestive Health | Last Active: Aug 14, 2023 | Replies (25)

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My story is similar to yours. By a miracle this year, I got into Mayo in FL. Went to several departments who all worked together and I found help with them all but for my GI challenges, I found help with the Integrative Department there. Have worked with them for awhile now and they discovered I had pernicious anemia, low on vitamin D, anemic, have fat malabsorption, and something called "latex cross reactivity". Apparently, those things create a perfect GI storm. They have been AMAZING to work with. I came to them not knowing I had all this as I had been misdiagnosed with so much other stuff including IBS. They are like detectives and have been working to "solve the puzzle". I work with a nutritionist there and an integrative doctor and over time (since Jan 2021), working with them and the treatment plan they developed, my GI challenges have drastically improved. As they discovered the misdiagnoses and then worked to figure out what was really wrong, they would tweak my treatment plan and then monitor me to see how I reacted. I am out of state and work via telehealth and the patient portal with them and then go down here and there for in person visits. I just got a new local doctor (mine retired) and my new local doc was like "wow... nobody but Mayo would ever have figured this out your case was so complex". I highly, highly recommend the Mayo Clinic. They listened, then worked as an integrative team to help me. The best part is they took me seriously and then worked to diligently solve this versus giving me a pat answer or "oh well" or "its just your body" or "well you are a female" or any of those standard answers. The Integrative Department will probably refer me to the GI department there but I like that before they do that, they have worked to figure things out. I dont know that anyone else would have figured out that I had latex cross reactivity. I had tried everything over the years to help (vegetarian, vegan, paleo, SCD, low food map, etc etc) and it helped to a degree but then the effects wouldnt last. The treatment program they have me on actually works. The number of the Integrative Department at the Mayo in FL is 904-953-0951. I see Dr. Perlman. After me fighting for help for years and getting loaded with a ton of misdiagnoses, it has been amazing to work with medical folks who actually work with me and work to figure things out. My physical quality of life is so much better since I started their treatment plan. Its amazing not to be sick and malnourished and and and... all the time. Literally, these folks have helped me attain a quality of life that I used to dream of. Call and see if you can get an appointment and if not, get on the wait list. .

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ps. your right not to settle. Do not settle for a diagnosis of "IBS". Get with medical folks who will figure this out for you. I shudder to think where Id be had I not gone to Mayo. The journey to there is hard and it was discouraging at times and if it werent for my family and friends and faith, I wouldnt have made it. So, keep strong and keep fighting for health. You have a right to a physical quality of life so dont settle for less than that!

How did they diagnosis these what symptoms told then thus?
pernicious anemia and "latex cross reactive? Glad you found a diagnosis.