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Initial Appointment With Gi Specialist Dr Tomorrow

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Hello Again

I've been spending a lot of time in here over the past couple of months, I've become a bit fixated trying to work out whether or not to expect to see a positive biopsy or not. Too much googling, read too many study's etc on the chance of false positive ttg in the bloods vs the negative gene test. I'm reading a lot of varying results. Sending myself crazy.

I phoned the lab to see if I could get any info on which genes I actually did have, (since the report only said that I didn't have DQ2 or DQ8) ie after reading in here I see lots of members have DQ1. But they wouldn't give me any info :( , telling me I had to go through a Dr. <_<:rolleyes:

Anyway, I have stayed on the gluten even though I crumbled after three weeks, but just not hammered myself as much. I have my first initial appointment tomorrow with the specialist GI Dr. I'm in the process of writing down my symptoms so I don't forget. I was just wondering if anyone has any advice for me. I seem to have an awful tendancy to rub Doctors up the wrong way somehow :unsure: this is all costing more than we can afford and I just don't want to stuff it up, and have him refuse to biopsy me. We're not in a position to go and get 2nd or 3rd opinions.

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I hope the doctor is helpful for you. If he does agree to biopsy do keep in mind that can be a false negative so do a gluten free trial after the test. You don't need to wait on the results.

If you were gluten free for a bit and it helped make sure to stress that. If you are doing a challenge and you have kept a symptom journal do bring that with you.

One thing that I should have stressed more with my GI was that I was being woken out of a sound sleep every night with D. I mentioned it but apparently he wasn't listening as after I was finally diagnosed and I mentioned how I was now able to sleep through the night he said 'I wish I had know that as waking up at night with D is not an IBS symptom' I told him I had mentioned it more than once and though he did apologize it certainly didn't make me feel less angry with him.

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One thing that I should have stressed more with my GI was that I was being woken out of a sound sleep every night with D. I mentioned it but apparently he wasn't listening as after I was finally diagnosed and I mentioned how I was now able to sleep through the night he said 'I wish I had know that as waking up at night with D is not an IBS symptom' I told him I had mentioned it more than once and though he did apologize it certainly didn't make me feel less angry with him.

:angry: thats so frusterating. It's annoying enough when DH does that <_< , but when you are paying someone a LOT of money to care and listen to what you say regarding your health, which was why you were there, :angry::angry::angry:

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