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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  This post has been immensely helpful. It’s hard to know when to stop making the next appointment with a specialist because of labs that show a number that is too high/too low and they want to figure out the root cause.  At the same time, the same doctor shrugs his shoulders when Dad can’t sleep at night and won’t give him ambien because he’s a fall risk.  He’s not wrong about any of this.  But it is confusing to me why some things elicit big reactions that require a specialist (ie a number that you can clearly see on a blood report) and other things are dismissed (ie feelings of discomfort, lack of sleep, anxiety).  The “squishy” things seem harder to address.  But for an older person (Dad is 92), sleep and anxiety seem like a good place to focus - for his comfort and quality of life.  Another visit to the GI? Another visit to the urologist?  Why?

At 62, yes absolutely.  92?  What good is another set of “follow-up tests” from the urologist if the man is exhausted from not sleeping.  [/quote]

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