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AmandaD

By AmandaD
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Hi everybody - Hope this finds you well. This is sort of a random email just to see what you guys think.

I was diagnosed this Sept. with Celiac - my great aunt on my father's side also has Celiac. I've finally convinced my father to get tested - my doc suggested he should - and so he had the TTG yesterday and will get results back on Monday. He's always had "gut" issues - he just says that on occasion something doesn't sit well with him and he gets the D probably a few times a month.

How likely is it that my own father might turn up positive for Celiac?

Throwin' it out there...AmandaD :D

P.S. By the way, I'm 30 and my dad is 56.

Hi everybody - Hope this finds you well. This is sort of a random email just to see what you guys think.

I was diagnosed this Sept. with Celiac - my great aunt on my father's side also has Celiac. I've finally convinced my father to get tested - my doc suggested he should - and so he had the TTG yesterday and will get results back on Monday. He's always had "gut" issues - he just says that on occasion something doesn't sit well with him and he gets the D probably a few times a month.

How likely is it that my own father might turn up positive for Celiac?

Throwin' it out there...AmandaD :D

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Hi everybody - Hope this finds you well. This is sort of a random email just to see what you guys think.

I was diagnosed this Sept. with Celiac - my great aunt on my father's side also has Celiac. I've finally convinced my father to get tested - my doc suggested he should - and so he had the TTG yesterday and will get results back on Monday. He's always had "gut" issues - he just says that on occasion something doesn't sit well with him and he gets the D probably a few times a month.

How likely is it that my own father might turn up positive for Celiac?

Throwin' it out there...AmandaD :D

P.S. By the way, I'm 30 and my dad is 56.

Amanda,

I'm 56 and I had D issues for about the past 10 years. Last year after a bad bout of the flu I started losing weight and was positively Dx'd with Celiac Disease. My D symptoms were about once or twice a month and sometimes lasted as long as 1 or two weeks. I think I was accidentally going on and off gluten during those times and that is why this symptom would come and go. I did not know about gluten until I was diagnosed. Since I have been on diet I have had no D issues. Going on one year now.

Tom

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Cool, Tom, glad you're better - I had D this summer and at first thought it was a bug and then just wouldn't get right. I would have it like every week or so and I noticed in about 5 weeks I had lost 7 pounds - I remember thinking - this is either cool or this is not good! After I started the diet after my endoscopy my D slowly subsided and I'm feeling like I've finally got it under control, too!

My dad has always called his the "Mortimore stomach" because he says lots of people on his side of the family have issues with food. I think that's pretty funny because I'm betting it's actually Celiac, but who knows!

Amanda,

I'm 56 and I had D issues for about the past 10 years. Last year after a bad bout of the flu I started losing weight and was positively Dx'd with Celiac Disease. My D symptoms were about once or twice a month and sometimes lasted as long as 1 or two weeks. I think I was accidentally going on and off gluten during those times and that is why this symptom would come and go. I did not know about gluten until I was diagnosed. Since I have been on diet I have had no D issues. Going on one year now.

Tom

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Amanda - that is funny about your Dad saying he has the so-and-so stomach. That is what Dr. Rudert said lots of families do. They have GI issues and don't of course know it's actually due to undx'd Celiac. Keep us posted about your Dad. I'd bet he indeed has Celiac.

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