Endoscopy

[barilla]

I just cancelled my endoscopy for monday morning because I'm scared. Is it necessary? What does it show? I do plan to reschedule the procedure..... I think.

Does it just show that I have the disease or does it show damage? In any case, I am gluten free and that's all they can do is to tell me to stay gluten free. So I wonder why get it done.

They already checked my levels with a blood test and they were high ( 96 and 154).

Do you all think I should get it done??

[CarlaB]

If you want a diagnosis, this is the way they do it. There is no reason to be scared, the worst part is the IV, not the procedure! If you've not been gluten-free for long, I'd do it now if you want a diagnosis. I was gluten-free for too long and it came back negative since my gluten challenge was too short with not enough gluten because it was making me sick (thinking back, just the fact that it made me sick should have been enough to convince me of my problem!!!).

Basically, it's up to you, but don't skip it for fear of it! It's not bad at all.

[dlp252]

If you want a diagnosis, this is the way they do it. There is no reason to be scared, the worst part is the IV, not the procedure! If you've not been gluten-free for long, I'd do it now if you want a diagnosis. I was gluten-free for too long and it came back negative since my gluten challenge was too short with not enough gluten because it was making me sick (thinking back, just the fact that it made me sick should have been enough to convince me of my problem!!!).

Basically, it's up to you, but don't skip it for fear of it! It's not bad at all.

Yep, I tend to agree with this. If you've been gluten free for long, it probably won't show any damage though, but if it will give you peace of mind, do it before you've been gluten-free TOO long. TO show damage the doctor would need to take a biopsy...which isn't painful either.

I've had two endoscopes within one week of each other. The absolute worst part was the IV.

During the first scope they did a biopsy on my esophagus, a biopsy in my small intestine for celiac and removed a polyp in my stomach. I didn't feel any of that...was asleep during the whole thing and when I woke up the only thing I felt was a very slight sore throat. During teh second scope they took a biopsy of my bile duct...again didn't feel a thing and slept through the whole thing...didn't even have a sore throat afterward. I'm due to have a third scope in a month or so to do another biopsy on my duct...I feel like an old pro, lol.