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Follow Up Appointment

Guest ~jules~

By Guest ~jules~
in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease

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Well I had my follow up appt. this morning with my gi. I wanted to see my lab results, so he showed me the antibody results from my bloodwork, and the pics of my intestine, YUCK> In comparison to pics of a normal small intestine, mine looked all cracked, with alot of what they call "scalloping". The sucky news is my liver enzymes are still high, so I had to go get poked again, which I hate, and they are doing an ultrasound of my liver Oct. 12th. Hopefully everything turns out okay, will this madness ever end, I am sick of being tested. I can see why he wants to, my liver isn't acting normal, but that doesn't make my desire for testing any more peachy. Okay, I'm done whining now...have a great weekend everyone!!! :D:D:P

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It's okay to whine here .... it makes it easier to not whine elsewhere!!!

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Ursa Major
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Well, the good thing about you looking at the pics of your intestine is, that it's easier to accept when you've seen it with your own eyes. You now know how bad it looks, and will want to fix it.

I am sorry about your liver not functioning right, I hope something can be done about it, and your doctor can figure out exactly what the problem is.

I hope you feel better soon!

AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
Posted

Whine away Julie, you're in a safe place.

Keep us posted on how your liver tests go.

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