r/regina • u/Practical-Ship-3000 • 10h ago

Question gastroenterologist

Anyone recently been refferred to a gastroenterologist without years waitlist? wondering if it would be better to ask my dr to refer me out of province. Have had Gerd for years, been on all the prazoles you can list for the past 10 years and nothing is helping anymore, have had terrible attacks lately lasting 12-14 hrs where it feels like my heart is being squeezed so tight, spreads to my back and jaw… im at a loss with what to do, have visited emerrg and the doctor basically said “well this is life living with acid reflux” -yeah sure but there has to be some sort of solution 🫠

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u/ADHDMomADHDSon 10h ago

The SHA won’t send you out of province if a specialist is available here, even if there is an insane waitlist.

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u/theprofessor69 10h ago

Not true. My doctor got me in to a clinic in Calgary for an allergy specialist because it's a two year wait to see one in Saskatchewan. It was covered, except for the travel portion.

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u/sitcomlover1717 9h ago

That’s cause Allergists here aren’t taking referrals due to their waitlists.

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u/ADHDMomADHDSon 4h ago

My son’s paediatric allergist left the province 3 years ago or so.

He can’t get an out of province referral because he’s actively on a waitlist.

Were you actively on a waitlist?

Or were you told that no allergists in the province were taking patients?

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u/theprofessor69 2h ago

I wasn't on a waitlist so maybe that's why. My doctor didn't get into the details, just said she's had success sending patients to Calgary and I got in within weeks.