Taylor Okey Found Relief From Chronic IBS Symptoms and Rediscovered Joy in Food

Before working with Dr. Pedre could be described as frustrating. I am somebody who loves food, I love to cook, I love to host, I love to go to new restaurants, I just love food, I see food a massive way of bringing people together and I love hosting people and all of it centers around food. And over the course of two years I started to notice that food was affecting me negatively and as it progressed, as it got worse I never knew what food was going to affect me which way one day one thing would be great and the next I would have a massive react to it. What made me want to work with Dr. Pedre was seeing his vast knowledge of the subject matter. So I did take the GUT Smart quiz actually before I met Dr. Pedre after reading the book, my partner had recommended it and so I did take it and that's actually what sparked me truly was kind of the final nail in the coffin that I wanted to meet with him. Prior to meeting with him I had gone to see my primary care physician about a year before and I was kind of brushed to the side I was told, I have IBS. I was told this is kind of what it was prescribed prescription medicine and kind of set on my way and I'm somebody who tries to live my life through a holistic mindset and I didn't want to treat the symptom I wanted to treat the cause. I'm 34 years old and this came out of nowhere for me. The transformation I made with Dr. Pedre could be described as relief. I almost immediately felt this sense of relief after my first time meeting with him because I felt like there was a solution. I knew it was gonna take time, I knew it was gonna take work but just having a plan of action in place really gave me this sense of relief, I'm a goal oriented person and things got bad. I kept trying new elimination diets, I kept trying to find out what exactly was bothering me but I never could get to the root source of it and when we met for the first time it was about an hour and a half consult where we just talked about really life and my connection to food and my relationship to food and my health, both mental and physical and he got such a thorough understanding of my background of my health and in doing so we put a plan in place. And within weeks I started to feel better just from knowing what I could eat and what I shouldn't eat and what I should focus on and lifestyle replacements and all around different way of focusing on my life from day to day and it truly changed everything for me. What surprised me most about working with Dr. Pedre was just the fact that he wanted to find the cause, he wanted to find the root source, he wanted to go deep, he wanted to see where this came from and how to fix it. But I also find it fascinating, he really opened my eyes to how much the gut affects everything. My life since working with Dr. Pedre has changed immensely. I said to my partner a few weeks ago actually, I forgot what it was like to have a meal and not feel sick afterward. It had been so long that I would eat something and then not have a reaction, I finally find joy in food again, I find joy in cooking again, I find joy in going to dinner with friends again! To anyone who is considering working with Dr. Pedre I would say, do it, do it, do it, do it. I cannot recommend him highly enough as a physician. His bedside manner is top notch, he is personable, he knows how to carry on a conversation and he cares about you. What I appreciate about talking with him is that I don't feel like he is quick to get me out of his office. Hi, my name is Taylor Okey and I am from New York City.