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ARCHIVED New Here; An Introduction With Some Questions
crujones replied to crujones's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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... -
ARCHIVED New Here; An Introduction With Some Questions
crujones replied to crujones's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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... -
ARCHIVED New Here; An Introduction With Some Questions
crujones replied to crujones's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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... -
ARCHIVED New Here; An Introduction With Some Questions
crujones replied to crujones's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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! -
ARCHIVED New Here; An Introduction With Some Questions
crujones posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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...