longislandlady

Dear NoGluGirl, Dr. Green also found Candida in my esophagous when he performed the endoscopy. That was very painful. Between the Cipro the doctors gave me in the hospital and the presdisone I'm on, I'm an autoimmune mess. The doctor also found C.Difficle bacteria in a stool test. I'm still on that medication, too. It's one thing after the other....

Do not waste another day. Tomorrow, call The Celiac Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. Here is their website: Open Original Shared Link I'm showing their phone # is 617-667-7000 or 1272 It might even pay to go to their emergency room. The only reason I'm telling you this is because my...

I, too, am a newbie. I was just diagnosed on 8/15/07 with Celiac and then re-diagnosed with refractive celiac disease on 9/13/07. I know exactly what you are going through. From July 5th through September 1, I lost over 30 pounds. I'm 5' 8", 46 years old and weighed 135 pound. I had total malabsorption from constant diarrhea. I had such muscle atrophy...