Hello to everyone. I am an off-and-on reader of these forums and now in need of advice very quickly. I have medical coverage with Kaiser Permanente here in San Francisco and need to change my GI Doctor to another one quickly as I was never very confident in the one I have now because I need a rectal exam of my J-pouch as I think I have a stricture. My current GI doctor, while nice, is young, knows very little about J-pouches, and doesn't believe in the patient being asleep during a colonoscopy. On this last part, he instead prefers light sedation so the patient can be awake while being scoped. NO THANKS! I have had this done to me before a while back and was screaming the entire time and in pain.
Anyway, if anyone has any recommendations for GI Doctors that work at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco (and/or Bay Area), I would be so ever grateful. I need to see someone about this possible stricture soon and DO NOT trust my current GI doc. Thank you!
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