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  1. Joyous
    Yeah. I think I'm going to do that with my tax return. My son's pediatric GI appointment is on the 25th, so it'll be interesting to see how his results come back. If he tests positive, I'll be doing the diet even if my enterolab test comes back negative. And I may do it anyways even if his tests come back negative.
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    "t-Transglutaminase IgG <1 f@" (and it lists 0 - 5 as negative, 6 - 9 as weak positive, and >9 as positive) "Endomysial Antibody IgA Negative @" It says the tests were performed at LabCorp in Burlington, NC.
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    That's interesting, thank you.
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    Thanks. Here's what I have so far:
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    My seven year old seems to have puffy eyes (mostly above his eyes) in the winter. How likely is it that this is connected to gluten intolerance?
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    Oh yeah, and his girlfriend is a nurse and he says they have a friend whose a doctor who he wants to talk to about this. He'll most likely show them whatever I give him, and if they try to discredit it, he'll be much much more likely to accept whatever his girlfriend and the doctor tell him than any information I give him, so reputability/credibility of the...
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    He told me to go ahead and set up a doctor appointment, and he wants me to email him some information. I need the most useful, simple, and accurate information from the most reputable sources. Any suggestions?
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    Sorry, I was going to try to find a link when I posted it but had to get my kid to school and didn't know if I'd have time to google it (ended up being easy because apparently all you have to do with something like that is put quotes around a whole sentence and search for it, and it comes up right away). Here's what I've found: Open Original Shared Link...
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    Yeah, that's what I thought.
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    I was under the impression that the blood antibody test often give false negatives. Can they see damage to the small intestine through a colonoscopy? I thought they have to do an endoscopy to see the small intestine? Either way, the colonoscopy is already scheduled (due to blood in my BMs which I'm fairly certain is just due to constipation).
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    I will, thanks for the advice. I planned on it if I didn't get anywhere going the dr. route. I may just have my son tested with enterolab and if his tests are positive have both of us go gluten free. Or I may go gluten free even if his tests aren't positive and see if I feel significantly better after a couple months. Yes, I believe...
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    My GI doctor told me that the only condition with alternating diarrhea and constipation is IBS (as evidence for why he doesn't think I'm gluten intolerant). I've read otherwise, but I'm curious as to people's actual experiences with this. Is this guy just simply wrong, or is the stuff I've been reading wrong, or is it sometimes the case?
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    WTF He didn't give me a chance to explain things or ask questions, said a lot about Celiac Disease that contradicts everything I've read (and I've read a fair amount about it), said I probably didn't have anything other than IBS because I "look healthy", and even started talking about psychosomatic this and that. However, all I really expected...
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    Now that I think about it, I think the opioid peptides actually come from the gluten itself. They end up going through the intestinal wall and crossing the blood brain barrier. (I obviously need to learn more about this. lol) Let me see if I can find the article I read... Okay, got it. However, perhaps when we eat things that are poison to our...
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    That would explain why my internet searches weren't coming up with anything good. I'll just avoid mentioning it to the GI doctor then since there isn't anything he could do for me that I couldn't do for myself. I'm having a really hard time seeing myself cutting out dairy unless I had a test telling me it was a necessity though. Maybe... we'll see. On one...
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    I bought it about a month ago at the Sentry in Wauwatosa. I've looked for it without success at the Pick n Save in Wauwatosa though.
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    For people who are gluten intolerant, eating gluten can cause the body's natural pain killers to be released. When we're used to getting it and we go too long without it, we can go through withdrawals just like any other drug addict who didn't get their fix.
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    How do doctors usually do this? What are the most effective/accurate tests? Thanks.
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    Yes, that's me. I hadn't thought about it in a long time, but until I was about 15 or 16, my shortness made me really self-conscious socially. It was particularly bad until about 6th or 7th grade because I literally look like I was several years younger than all of my classmates.
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    Would it be insane to bring in this picture to show him how much shorter I was than kids my age when I was in first grade? (Well, all throughout my life, really. The pic is of me in first grade though.) http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a317/cha...rony/Joy011.webp
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    Joyous replied to a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I definitely get this. When I'm like that I feel like I can't talk to people. I won't be able to communicate effectively anyways, and it just feels like trying would take this huge mental effort that I just can't bring myself to make. And if someone tells me I need to run an errand it feels like the end of the world (lol). If someone's telling me something...
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    Thank you for these responses, they're helpful. I think the overall feeling for about half a day after I consume gluten is melancholy, and when I'm due for my next gluten fix (gotta love those opioid peptides) I get this feeling of restless frustration. I have to do something, but I feel literally incapable of doing anything. And I hate everything. Good...
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    This is how I feel sometimes, and when I didn't eat gluten for a little while it went away. Does anyone relate to this?
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    I get this as well. I thought it was pretty common? Interesting to think that it may go away. It's like my massage therapist said when I told her about how I'll retain less water and have better skin and hair "wow, not eating gluten will be like an Extreme Makeover!"
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