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It's Official I Had My Endo And Colonoscopy Today!

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okieinalaska Apprentice
okieinalaska
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The prep was no fun but I made it through and had both a colonoscopy and endoscopy today. All the docs and nurses were super nice (I go to the military hospital) and some were very funny. I remember being hooked up and the nurse saying they were putting in the stuff to make me sleep and then I woke up back in my "room". I felt so good, nothing hurt. For some reason I was sure they had forgot to do my endoscopy I felt so good, LOL.

The doc was able to tell me right then that I had Celiacs. But he also took 8 samples and they are being sent to the lab. I got a cool printout with color photos of everything so I get to see what it looks like. On my paperwork it says:

"There was diffuse duodenal smoothness, loss of villi, fissuring and scalloping of the mucosa that was endoscopically consistent with celaic spure-duodenum."

"Severly atrophic mucosa was found in the 2nd portion of the duodenum."

"Mildy erythematous mucosa was found in the antrum and body of the stomach."

I also had a polyp in my stomach they removed and two in my colon. They are sending those to the lab.

I came home and took a nap for 5 hours.

It's such a relief to finally know and now I can start feeling better! By the way, tomorrow is my 42nd birthday! Happy Birthday to me. :lol: I get the gift of feeling a whole lot better!

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gf-soph Apprentice
gf-soph
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Congratulations! It's so nice to have a clear answer, and great that you are feeling fine afterwards.

divamomma Enthusiast
divamomma
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I am glad you found some answers! Now the fun begins LOL! Good luck :)

ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
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Happy Birthday. Now you know for sure and hopefully you will have lots of healthy and happy gluten-free birthdays in the future.

shopgirl Contributor
shopgirl
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Aw, pictures to hang on the refrigerator! :) I wish I'd gotten pictures.

Happy birthday and congratulations. Imagine how much better you'll feel for your next birthday.

LDJofDenver Apprentice
LDJofDenver
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And, you're one of the lucky ones. There's no doubt (no negative or borderline blood work, etc.).

You know definitively what you've got and you know what you've got to do. Honestly, there's something to be said for knowing. For me, it was a relief after years (OK, decades) of NOT knowing what the heck was wrong with me.

Here's to your healing! Hip Hip

okieinalaska Apprentice
okieinalaska
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I 100% agree LDJofDenver. I am very greatful to be sure. That was one reason I wanted to keep eating gluten even though it took me 7 weeks from blood work till my endoscopy. I knew that if I knew there was damage to my intestines and saw it/heard it for myself, that would help me to be totally gluten free.

On that note, I was making the bc gluten-free brownies and accidently sprayed the pan with the baking PAM, the one that has FLOUR in it! Yikes! I threw the pam away and had to find another pyrex pan to put the brownies in!

The brownies are pretty good btw. :)

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I love your positive outlook. It will serve you well on your path to wellness.

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