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I went in to see my doctor after about 3.5 months on the diet. He ran a Celiac panel/blood test but warned me that I may not see any change until after six months (especially because my tTg was off the charts, over 300). He also sent me to another facility to do a small bowel series to check for lymphoma and to make sure nothing else was wrong in that area.

I got a call from him today and good news! Not only did the bowel series come back normal, but my tTg was down to 53.1! Wow! I surprised even him with that one! He said that I'm well on the road to recovery and am doing very well. Very good news, indeed.

Just wanted to share. :)


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I went in to see my doctor after about 3.5 months on the diet. He ran a Celiac panel/blood test but warned me that I may not see any change until after six months (especially because my tTg was off the charts, over 300). He also sent me to another facility to do a small bowel series to check for lymphoma and to make sure nothing else was wrong in that area.

I got a call from him today and good news! Not only did the bowel series come back normal, but my tTg was down to 53.1! Wow! I surprised even him with that one! He said that I'm well on the road to recovery and am doing very well. Very good news, indeed.

Just wanted to share. :)

Hooray! Good news indeed.

Jenniferxgfx Contributor

Congrats!!

sa1937 Community Regular

Fantastic, Jessica! It's good to know all the effort you are putting into being gluten-free, it's certainly well worth it. :D

love2travel Mentor

That is awesome! Good work. :)

Greenling Newbie

Awesome job on your part! It's nice to read good news on these forums. :)

T.H. Community Regular

Oh congrats! Man that is so great to know that all this work is DOING what it's supposed to! Hope you are enjoying your good health to the fullest. :D


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Thanks, everyone! I still have a little ways to go (I believe my doctor said that normal is 15), but it's such a huge improvement! It's just so exciting to see that all of my hard work is paying off. :D

Roda Rising Star

Great news. Seeing progress like that makes all the hard work worth it!

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