Anyone happy with their Michigan Ped GI?

[Anonymous]

We’re not happy with our current Ped GI and am looking for a new one. If you like yours and he’s (she’s) in Michigan, please pass on a referal.

BTW: We currently see Dr. Malas in Lansing.

[hellbennt]

Looking for GI: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=660

[Anonymous]

We see dr Jibaly in Grand Blanc. She is ok, but I am not over thrilled with her. She is pretty conservative with meds and pretty much just orders tests. I don’t think I would recommend her.

I have heard that children’s in Detroit has a good ped GI,but I don’t know the name. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Thanks Katey! I’m still looking…

[Anonymous]

We have seen

Dr. Ayas (Bloomfield Hills & Dearborn)

Dr. Belknap (Troy)

Our allergiest recommended that he be seen at Childrens Hospital in Detroit. The ped did some research & thought he might do better at UofM so we are now seeing Dr. Dickinson along with an their allergiest. When I called to get an appt at Childrens & UofM the wait was greater than 3 months. The ped was able to get us in within 3 days.

Let me know if you want any additional information on them.

[Anonymous]

Is Dr. Dickinson a ped gi at UofM in Ann Arbor? Are you happy with him?

I’m also curious about your allergist and how he’s treating Trevor. Jonathan seems to have multiple food intolerances but not “true” food allergies, so he’s pretty much being ignored by everyone but me! We did Neocate only for a long time before he could handle eating solids. We still have a very short list of “ok” foods to choose from, most are on the “no” or “rarely” list. Our allergist here, just shrugged his shoulders after the tests came back negative and said “he’d grow out of it, if it bothers him, don’t give it to him.” Not very helpful.

If there is something else I should be doing for his food intolerances, other than home diagnosis, please share…

Thanks!!

[Anonymous]

Anne, it sounds like we are in the same boat. I asked the GI about Sebastian’s food intol. and she said if he still has problems after a year see an alergist. I know I have heard that other GIs work with food problmes, but mine does not seem to think it is her area.

K&Ts mom, do you like Dr. Dickinson? He does a clinc here in Grand Blanc at Genesys. It takes forever to get in, but if he is good I will ask my ped about a referral if things don’t get better with the GI I am currently seening.

[Anonymous]

I wanted to let you both know that I feel the same way too. We have had a terrible time and still are with the drs & help. Sometime I think they have no answers but they just do not want to admit to it. I get so worked up days before his appt’s & it is such a let down when you leave & they say he “looks healthy” “keep up the good work”.

Dr. Dickinson is the head of the ped GI at Ann Arbor. You usually see someone else in the beginning of the appt & then before you leave he comes in to see you. When I first started seeing him I thought this might be our answer but his last appt he too pushed us onto the allergist. We have not seen the allergist at UofM yet (late Sept.).

Trevor’s first allergist did testing & wanted us referred to Childrens because he thought their might be another “medical conditon” being missed. That’s how we ended up at UofM.

Trevor is trying to eat bananas, pears & sweet potatoes but is struggling with them & he wants him to still continue. Since we started the foods again he can no longer sleep during the day it seems like he is having digestive problems again. He also wanted us to just throw stuff at him at times when “big brother” was eating something to see how he reacted. Each time was a complete nightmare (screamed his head off later for hours)but he thought it might be a fluke.

Dr. Belknap does try & treat both gi & allergies but I did not like how the office was run.

I don’t know what else to do for him so I just ordered a probiotic to try & we continue to go to the chiropractor. Every day is a struggle & I keep waiting for that moment when I see a little improvement.

[Anonymous]

Katey, that’s what our GI Doc said too, so when Jonathan was 14 months or so, we went and got him tested. Everything was negative so the allergist just said “food intolerances” and cut us loose.

K&T’s mom: I think you’re on the right track, they don’t know what the problem is or how to treat it… and sometimes they don’t even try that hard. I just wish there were some answers out there. BTW, we had to completely stop food trials for 3 months and give his system a chance to heal. After that he was able to tolerate a lot more foods. Maybe you could take a break for a while and just do neocate only for 2-3 weeks and see if that helps. If you haven’t tried that already.

My regular dr is trying to get us in to see one of the ped gi’s in Grand Rapids. I don’t know if they’re any different, but I guess a second opinion wouldn’t hurt.

[Anonymous]

Anne

Right now what we are experiencing is problems with his bowel movements in this 5th attempt on solids. This time he is able to eat the bananas & pears but he can not sleep during the day because he has BM usually shortly after an hour into his naps. He is so tired because he can not go back to sleep. I ask the dr about this because he is able to eat them unlike before; but to me he is still having some kind of reaction. The dr.’s response “looks like mom doesn’t get many things done around the house”.

I think we need to stop the food but the dr wants us to continue. He said it is good for his body to get use to the BM? Did you have any experience with this problem? I think he does need to come off the food again but he is so far behind trying to feed him & he is really enjoying the finger foods. It breaks my heart to take it away from him again. What time frame was he able to tolerate things better?

I hope you have better luck with the second GI!

[Anonymous]

How often is he having the BM’s during the day? More than once or twice? And how often are you feeding him the solids? If he’s eliminating soon after eating the solids, maybe you could change his eating schedule so that his BM’s come at a time when he’s awake anyway. Just a thought.

Jonathan had more trouble with gas, cramps and constipation, but diahrea is a common indicator of food intolerance/allergy.

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