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I have not been diagnosed as of yet. I do have many of the symptoms. I had gastric bypass surgery in 1999. Lack of B-12 is a side effect of this surgery. From what I read that can be one of the causes of this disease. I have also ready any gastric surgery can cause this.

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 12/2004 5 years after my surgery. Many of the symptoms are the same. However, my thereapist who I have been seeing to help with the depression diagnosed me with fibro and also suggested because I am having other symptoms to get tested for Celiac.

Called my primary doctor, he is on vacation, however his nurse said I need to see a gastro guy. My gasto guy is on vacation. Sheesh. Funny thing is I had a colonoscpy in April and it came back negative. However, he wasn't looking for this so he did not take a biopsy. I can tell you right now I am not doing that again for a long time.

Hence, I have put myself on a gluten free diet as of today. Went shopping last night and got a few things. When my gastro guy comes back, and I talk to him, and he insists on testing, I will consider it. By then it will be 2 weeks on this diet and I should know by how I feel if it is celiac disease or not.

So, that is a little about me. Any information would be helpful. Thanks for listening.

Phyliss

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lovegrov
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You can't diagnose celaic with a colonoscopy. You need an endoscopy for that.

Your doctor might want to do celiac blood tests first. It's unusual to jump straight to the biopsy. For all tests you should be eating gluten if you want an accurate test.

Finally, of you do have celiac disease, two weeks on the diet might or might not make you feel better. I didn't. It depends on the person.

richard

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julie5914
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Please stay on gluten until you are tested! I don't want you to have to deal with false results. Even a week or two gluten-free will skew your results if the gastro wants to do blood tests and perhaps endoscopy. Colonoscopy cannot be used to test for celiac - endoscopy can. Colonoscopy can just rule out other things like Chronn's.

KaitiUSA Enthusiast
KaitiUSA
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Yep the previous posters are correct. A colonoscopy will not detect celiac. You may want to find a GI doctor who is familiar with celiac. You need to stay on gluten until after testing as well.

Before the endoscopy, usually doctors do a complete panel of blood tests for celiac. Depending how the results come out is usually when they decide if a biopsy is necessary.

Carriefaith Enthusiast
Carriefaith
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Being on the diet 2 weeks prior to testing may give you false negative celiac test results. If you physically can, I would stay off the diet until you have talked to your doctor(s).

The small intestine is biopsied in order to determine if you have villi damage. This is almost always done by endoscopy (down the throat) since the upper part of the small intestine is usually the most damaged part. You can access the small intestine through a colonoscopy; however, taking biopsies from the end part of the small intestine would not be as accurate (if accurate at all) as the first part of the intestine (done by endoscopy). I have had both an endoscopy and a colonoscopy and believe me the endoscopy is WAY better and hardly painful at all. The colonoscopy well... that's another story :lol:

egardner Newbie
egardner
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I am not sure what your symptoms were beyond fibromyalgia and depression, but if you had chronic diarrhea, keep in mind that with a gastric bypass you can experience "dumping syndrome" easily as a side effect. That is when nothing is absorbed and rapidly after you eat you have diarrhea, stomach cramps, etc., which would cause fatigue, joint pains, B12 absorbtion issues, etc. By its very nature diarrhea causes several nasty side effects, those included, because it eliminates vitamins and minerals before they can be used and stored properly, which leads to the other problems. You may have already known this, I just thought I would impart my small amount of knowledge just in case it is not celiac disease. Hope that helps!

DOCKLEARFAN Apprentice
DOCKLEARFAN
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This might be a little bit off topic but I feel its soooooo important.

Always remember...

EVERYTHING that comes in contact with your mouth can trigger symptoms. You need to be careful about Shampoos, Soaps, Make up etc. (Not just food)

Alot of newly diagnosed people ignore the things I just stated...(Including ME lol!)

I wish you the best!

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I have not been diagnosed as of yet. I do have many of the symptoms. I had gastric bypass surgery in 1999. Lack of B-12 is a side effect of this surgery. From what I read that can be one of the causes of this disease. I have also ready any gastric surgery can cause this.

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 12/2004 5 years after my surgery. Many of the symptoms are the same. However, my thereapist who I have been seeing to help with the depression diagnosed me with fibro and also suggested because I am having other symptoms to get tested for Celiac.

Called my primary doctor, he is on vacation, however his nurse said I need to see a gastro guy. My gasto guy is on vacation. Sheesh. Funny thing is I had a colonoscpy in April and it came back negative. However, he wasn't looking for this so he did not take a biopsy. I can tell you right now I am not doing that again for a long time.

Hence, I have put myself on a gluten free diet as of today. Went shopping last night and got a few things. When my gastro guy comes back, and I talk to him, and he insists on testing, I will consider it. By then it will be 2 weeks on this diet and I should know by how I feel if it is celiac disease or not.

So, that is a little about me. Any information would be helpful. Thanks for listening.

Phyliss

Have your doc test you for vitamin D. I had "fibro" after my gastric bypass. On one of my yearly labs for the gastric bypass, my vitamin D level was very very low, as was my calcium. When I got put on major supplements and got the Vit D level under some kind of control, the fibro symptoms disappear. Its worth a shot.

Of course what I am finding out is that celiac make the malabsorption worse on top of the gastric bypass. I am new to this forum. I have been looking into this for the past week because of a comment from my regular doc about cutting out wheat. I had my endocrinologist test for this becasue I realized that my whole family has it. My mom, my sister and her family and my brother and his family are all gluten and dairy free. I have been surviving with I think is probably celiac for a long time, but more recently I have had a lot of stress physically and emotionally, amplifying the effects of my eating habits. I gained 20 lbs in three months and I am noticing that I am feeling pretty crappy pretty much every day.

I am hoping to get a result in the next day or two. But I am thinking that instead of waiting for the result, I should probably go ahead and make changes. I know in my heart that this could make a huge change in how I feel about my life.

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