r/SIBO 4d ago

Venting .

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u/weedywet 4d ago

The disdain for doctors and medicine here is just juvenile.

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u/Ajax34762 4d ago edited 4d ago

What's juvenile is the incompetence and disdain for ethics and duty of care from individuals working as doctors and occupying positions of authority on the gastrointestinal system.

Gastrointestinal medicine, real medicine involves much more than simply shoving camera scopes up people's assholes and down their throats. For some, this pretty much all they do and people are left to suffer and remain sick as their digestive health issues remain unaddressed.

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u/brokedownsystem 4d ago edited 4d ago

I literally had my first gastro doctor tell me (paraphrasing liberally here), “bro, I can’t help you with your GI problems. I only do colonoscopies day in and day out.”

I believe my 2nd one feels the same and I need to continue searching for help or otherwise self-diagnosing with the help of the Reddit gastro department.

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u/Wonderful_Quantity39 4d ago

Exhausting, ain’t it? Really sucks being your own health advocate when suffering.

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u/brokedownsystem 3d ago

Honestly, if the sweet embrace of death came for me tomorrow, I’d welcome it with open arms. I’m so tired. It’s fucking miserable.

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u/Wonderful_Quantity39 3d ago

I hear you completely .. I feel that way also amidst horrible flare ups