Pre Endoscopy (after Limiting Gluten For 4 Wks)

[kitty kermit]

Hi

I'm new here. I've got an endoscopy (fun fun.. ) on thurs but i've been trying to reduce/ avoid gluten for the last 4 weeks after I found out I had tested positive for the iga and another celiac flag. I've been checking out the forums and I know you all seem to say you have to eat gluten for 6 weeks before the test. So for the last 3 days i've been back on the prawn crackers, garlic bread, etc.

BUT

When I saw a moody registar at hospital on friday last week (she never mentioned it being a problem) and I also managed to speak to one of the endoscope Drs (as the moody reg has scared me and told me i had no choice but to have the endo). After keeping me waiting 2.5hrs for my appointment it appeared she was keen to get rid of me within ten minutes..

So I asked the gastro Dr if I needed to dose up on gluten and he said don't worry it'll show up in the tests anyway. But I'm not worried that I'll endure the test and it'll be for nothing. I think at the risk of looking like a hypercondriac i'll ring them tmrw and double check.

But what's the view here? When I say i've been reducing gluten I haven't eaten bread, pasta etc for 4 weeks but have eaten biscuits (I know!), soy sauce, prawn crackers, ketchup and chips in restaurants, ice cream etc. So I'm hoping that'll stand me in good stead. I tried to reduce the gluten as I was so exhausted I was sleeping for 12 hrs and feeling dizzy and nauseous (looks like I'm nearly anemic too).

Any tips welcome - but NO Horror stories on the endo! I've told them I wanna be sedated up to my eyeballs!!

Look forward to your views/ experiences...

K

[CeliBelli]

My recommendation is that you knock yourself out eating all your favorite gluten foods. That's what I did in the last few weeks before my endo, which was the week after Thanksgiving 2007, because I knew afterwards I was never, ever going to eat them again. I ate at my favorite restaurants and said goodbye to pie and pizza and flour tortillas. I went home for Thanksgiving and we did all the trimmings one last time, just like when I was a kid. I hurt like hell, but I savored every painful bite.

Once you wake up from the anesthesia you may be gluten-free for the rest of your life. In these last few days, enjoy your favorite foods one last time so you can embrace your new, gluten-free life with no regrets.