Steph,
I don't know if you are going to follow through on looking for a new doc. But if you do decide to, you might look into finding a D.O. instead of an M.D. Doctor of Osteopathy degree is different in that they tend to focus on the "whole" person instead of just the disease or illness that brings you in that day. I've always gone to M.D.s because I had thought the D.O. degree was kind of a half-assed degree for people who wouldn't make it as M.D. I was wrong!!
I've had a bad knee for a long time; one time I went into the doc because of it and straight up asked him if my weight was a factor with it. He hmm hawed and sayed welll, possibly and then moved right on! When I switched to a new doc (who is a D.O.) in March, first thing he did was hand me FTS and tell me that I need to
lose weight and this is the way to do it! That was before he even got my blood tests back!
Anyways as I go on and on
just saying it might be something for you and your family to look into!
Jen