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Just an update, I had my Endoscopy/Biopsy yesterday morning. The doctor took 10 samples, he said doing a smaller number while looking for Celiac would be a disservice to me as a patient. (nice, huh!). He said he'd probably have the results back mid-week next week. They also found a "tiny hiatial hernia" but not anything that they are worried about. I'll be...

For sure happygirl, I'm not planning to abandon the possibilty. I think he is just saying he would rather have the biopsy done asap, so if it is negative, we can start figuring out a plan b to see what is wrong with me. Thanks for the info on the testing, It is much appreciated, I'll show it to the doctor. I agree Jestgar, the second the biopsy...

Thanks for the reply ursa major. I did ask the doctor if I could just try the diet, to see if I feel better. He advised against it. His reasoning, which I understand, is that with Vitamin D levels at 7.8 (extremely low from my understanding), and the IgA deficiency, if the biopsy doesn't officially diagnose Celiac Disease, then we have to keep looking to...

Also, an apology, if I asked questions that have been covered before, I really tried to look through old posts beforehand (because I know how annoying that is), but there are a lot! I may have missed things. If I did miss some of the old topics, could you help and post the topic address? Thanks again!

Hello all. A friend of a friend recently directed me to the forum, and I am really glad that they did. I recently became aware of Celiac Disease (a fluke discovery, really), and when I started reading about it, like many of you here (I've been reading posts for the last week or so), was amazed to find similarities between a number of my unanswered health...