My husband has been to the ER a total of 4 or 5 times (I'm starting to lose count) in the last 2 weeks. It started out as dizziness. Later, he went due to severe diarrhea and cramping. He also visited his pcm who just went with whatever diagnosis the ER was giving and each time a new symptom popped up, he was told to go to the ER. Typical actions of a military doctor. When he had bloody stool, they finally admitted him into the hospital and diagnosed him with colitis. The doctors at the hospital tested blood, stool, did a colonoscopy, and biopsy. At this point, his pcm finally referred him to a gastroenterologist. When my husband met with the gastroenterologist who reviewed the results from the hospital's gastroenterologist. My husband was told that yes, he has colitis, but he's never seen a type such as this. Also, the symptoms he's having such as dizzy spells doesn't make sense even though it is in direct relation to abdominal pains. Now we are at a total stand still. They don't know how to treat him since they don't know what he has. They can't provide the military with a diagnosis so he is being forced to work through it. Obviously, they aren't taking additional steps to find out what he has. The answer so far has been, 'we don't know what you have, so you must not be sick.' His condition is very severe and not typical of the temporary issues of colitis. Honestly, I don't want to wait to find out what is wrong after an autopsy. What initiative can I take to get the doctors to work harder at determining the problem?