What a bummer, Sara! I can imagine that you wouldn't want to go back after such an ordeal. I recall your saying that the secretary recommended Loftus to you; I have major reservations about
taking that kind of advice-- based on my own gastro's
location. The staff there glows with appreciation for one doctor who wins all kinds of collegiality awards. He's in charge of the ambulatory endoscopy unit, where patients are treated like auto parts on a factory assembly line! (Which he obviously couldn't care less about
!) My gastro, in contrast, is not that popular with secretaries & other support staff, but really intervenes to make patients more comfortable & will yell, if necessary, to get what we IBDers need. I'm sorry you had to go thru all that with no gain to show for it. Wonder if anyone else posting here or on the Crohn's Forum could give you any personal recommendations for other IBD doctors in your general area. Or would there be an IBD gastro nearer to your family's home whom you could see periodically, while keeping the current doctor closer to your town? / Old Hat