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Poohbeck Newbie
Poohbeck
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I had my endoscopy yesterday. I was so scared and it was a piece of cake! I am a very nervous and anxious person and was quite suprised how easy it was. I wasted a lot of time and energy being nervous. The instructions said I would be mildly sedated, so I thought I would be awake for some of it. But, no, I was out. When I woke up I was suprised that they did anything.

Anyways, I thought during the procedure they would be able to tell me something immediatley. My report/discharge says "normal in appearance, biopsy for inflammation and mfetti (sp?) do..." I can't read some of it and I don't remember what the Dr. said because I was so loopy when I was talking to her. It says I should call for test results in 7 days. I thought they would be able to tell if the celia were flat or not during the procdure. Does this mean they looked fine? I do remember the Dr. saying something about looking under a microscope. This means they took some to look under a microscope right?

Any information will be helpful. I just thought I would know more already.

Thanks.

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Hi,

what you experienced is pretty normal. In some people the damage will be visible with the naked eye. But for most, it only shows up from the biopsy. Some people, the biopsy may not show positive, because it will depend where they took the biopsies from.

Now you can also try the diet. Sometimes that is the best indicator of whether you need to avoid gluten or not. If you feel better, that's your answer regardless of the biopsy results.

Let us know how you are going when you get the results. Ask any questions you need.

Sally

larry mac Enthusiast
larry mac
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Hi,

what you experienced is pretty normal. In some people the damage will be visible with the naked eye. But for most, it only shows up from the biopsy. Some people, the biopsy may not show positive, because it will depend where they took the biopsies from.

Now you can also try the diet. Sometimes that is the best indicator of whether you need to avoid gluten or not. If you feel better, that's your answer regardless of the biopsy results.

Let us know how you are going when you get the results. Ask any questions you need.

Sally

pb,

I'm not trying to be an expert here, but I would urge you to follow your doctors instructions and/or consult with him before changing your diet as Sally is saying. There are many reasons for this. Once you start changing your diet, you jeopardize the results of any future tests, should your doctor deem them neccessary. Ideally, you will find out whats wrong with you and what you need to do for the rest of your life. A week is hardly a long time is it? Now is not the proper time for self-diagnosis; now is the time to wait for the biopsy results. Everything else Sally said is true. This is common.

best regards, lm

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