i called the gastro-enterologist, and he entirely discounted the premise of deductive thought, in context. "but, i checked for everything else and..."
"IRRELEVANT!"
listen - i appreciate the flair, as highly illogical as it may be. i'm italian; i don't mind getting yelled at. in fact, sometimes it's actually more effective.
while he may have been exaggerating slightly (that is, i don't think it's irrelevant), i get the point - these tests i'm asking for are useful as hints to help figure out what to do next, but they don't prove or disprove anything, in the end.
he let me know that the ministry direction is that i should get a full scope immediately, and that opinion is fully noted. however, i think the ministry direction is wrong, and that healthy 40 year-olds shouldn't be getting scoped due to one piece of data, when there's 100 others that suggest otherwise; the ministry direction should be to get me a fit test as quickly as possible, not to try to coerce me into an unnecessary and potentially damaging scope by refusing to pay for it.
that's fine; i don't have anything else to do this month, i can pay out of pocket.
however, i did not get paid today, and will need to wait until monday.
i feel fine...