Favorite GI gastroenterologist Mayo or anywhere?

For those of you who have not found relief from your symptoms, consider a functional medicine doctor. After 3 endoscopies and taking meds that caused side effects, I was told to never take a PPI again (Proton Pump Inhibitor. )
I turned to functional medicine and testing revealed root causes of my symptoms. You can find a functional medicine doctor by city and state at ifm.org. It’s been tremendously helpful for me.

I am in about the same stage as you. Don't believe std. docs really understand the microbiome system; hoping to find one to at least give them a chance. Looking for a gastro doc in Rochester. . . not sure who would be best for SIBO-- small intestine bacterial overgrowth. Am on the low FODMAP diet for now, low motility, occasional diarrhea. Have not tried rigorous probiotics yet but on my agenda.
Tried a naturopath doc and he diagnosed the SIBO(fecal & Breath testing) but he wanted me to take over 900 pills in the next 30 days to solve the problem. Sounded like a recipe for disaster(reactions!) so I walked away. Presently working with a dietician. . .
Good Luck to YOU.

I can honestly say I am truly disappointed in the entire Mayo process in trying to secure an apt in their GI dept. I totally understand that they receive more requests for apts than they can fill, but literally every person I spoke with there, gave me misinformation and misled me, if not out and out lied. Why tell you to mail records, tests, drs reports for their gi dept to review, when they mail out a letter denying you an apt before you even have a chance to send it out? Then when you call to ask this are told, oh, that was a mistake, you may still get an apt. After hearing nothing after two weeks, I call again. Well, you did receive a letter. No apt. So how did they make this difficult decision based on nothing more than a brief phone discussion? Oh, she says, let me look. We don’t have anything different to offer than what your dr in Cleveland did. He isn’t even my most recent dr.
Then they ought to take down their page offering a bowel re-training program and the Bowel Evacuation Disorders Program, because I have not done either of those.
I was always under the impression that Mayo Clinic was the place you sought when no one else had answers. I guess I was wrong, again. The same thing happened when I tried to
go there for my migraines. At least they had the courtesy to be honest up front and not put me through the trouble, expense and stress of this whole process.

Clevand clinic did you try there ? What are your problems

Yes, I’ve been to CC. Slow transit constipation with pelvic floor dysfunction.

I can honestly say I am truly disappointed in the entire Mayo process in trying to secure an apt in their GI dept. I totally understand that they receive more requests for apts than they can fill, but literally every person I spoke with there, gave me misinformation and misled me, if not out and out lied. Why tell you to mail records, tests, drs reports for their gi dept to review, when they mail out a letter denying you an apt before you even have a chance to send it out? Then when you call to ask this are told, oh, that was a mistake, you may still get an apt. After hearing nothing after two weeks, I call again. Well, you did receive a letter. No apt. So how did they make this difficult decision based on nothing more than a brief phone discussion? Oh, she says, let me look. We don’t have anything different to offer than what your dr in Cleveland did. He isn’t even my most recent dr.
Then they ought to take down their page offering a bowel re-training program and the Bowel Evacuation Disorders Program, because I have not done either of those.
I was always under the impression that Mayo Clinic was the place you sought when no one else had answers. I guess I was wrong, again. The same thing happened when I tried to
go there for my migraines. At least they had the courtesy to be honest up front and not put me through the trouble, expense and stress of this whole process.

Can you offer state you found functional med doc?
Few around me.