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JustRachelle

Updated 11mo ago

First Visit to Gastroenterologist: What to Expect?

First appointment with a gastroenterologist this morning. What should I expect from this first visit?

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TINAMARIE85

Lots of questions. They'll need to collect your history, symptoms, medications, etc. They'll ask length, frequency, duration, etc. Also, have any questions ready & written down. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🫡

Kingswife

Depending on why you are going they will ask you a lot of history. They also wanted blood work and a stool sample from me to rule out anything else. I have GERD and have been on Omeprazole long term. The also eventually did an endoscopy.

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