@carndt - How familiar the inappropriate or 1/2 answer is to my emailed questions to my physician! I try to constrain myself to one simple question per email and space them out. Or I just repeat the email . And repeat. I shut my windows when I scream with frustration so I don't annoy my neighbors. It helps.
Gastroenterologist Dr. Robynne Chutkan has occasional live Zoom presentations I get some helpful ideas from. Below is the most recent interview of her I found on the web. It focuses on the sale of her most recent book but she covers constipation and bloating in some of her older books.