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Did This Happen To Anyone Else?

gfreegirlie

By gfreegirlie
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When I started seeing my doctor about my lower abdominal pain they told me it was just stress. I went back and they refered me to a gastrointolegist (sp?) specialist. They also told me it was stress but decided to put me on a bunch of different medications to see if they helped. They ran no tests at all. The medications didn't help but I was told it might take a few weeks so I took them religiously. They ran some stool tests to see if an old ulser I had came back and it had not. The medication they had me on started to make me feel horrible. I diagnosed myself with celiacs I am so glad I ended up having something that I can test on my own because they were fairly worthless to me. I am so irritated that they told me it was just stress and they were hardly going to do anything except put me on meds that they have no evidence would work because they didn't know what I had! I realize it was my fault for taking them but I was an emotional wreck all the time because I was in pretty constant pain.

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