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  1. Aleshia
    I saw a bad report about dr. driscoll but I don' know if it was just someone who is hard to get along with saying that he is abrupt and doesn't like patient input... anyway there is another dr. that I just got an appointment with (not until the 16th though ) anyway its dr. young oh and he's at the same clinic Open Original Shared Link on the search...
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    hey, I'm from washington state, I found a doctor in New York (unfortunately for me but good for you!) Open Original Shared Link I sent them an email with a list of my symptoms and how I was having trouble getting answers etc. they told me I should get an appointment with one of their specialists... I bet you could get one good luck and let us...
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    thanks I just threw out all the gluten stuff in the house in the last 2 days (well mostly) I took a lot of stuff to our church cause they are having a food drive and someone is giving a dollar for every pound of food people bring in so figured it was as good a time as any to get rid of all that junk. my husband wanted to keep a few things for himself so...
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    Open Original Shared Link maybe someone from this site could recommend a doctor?
  5. Aleshia
    from the celiac disease center website "Clinical manifestations include diarrhea and numerous other sequelae of malabsorption, non-specific gastrointestinal disturbance, and a host of extraintestinal phenomena, affecting the skin, joints, teeth, nervous system, energy level, and mood. The clinical presentation has changed with fewer patients presenting with...
  6. Aleshia
    I agree with wonka... and I'm also having trouble getting diagnosed... I have a lot of the same symptoms as you plus a few more and the doctors just say "you can't have that you don't have diarrhea and your'e not losing weight" if you go to Open Original Shared Link there is a pie graph thing on the section for doctors (about celiac disease for doctors tab...
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    anyway, to summarize my whole rant.. (maybe) I don't care if I have celiac disease or something else... I just want some straight answers and a doctor who is willing to do a little work to figure out what is wrong with me instead of just excuses and laziness if anyone is out there who can tell me a good doctor who knows something about this stuff and isn...
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    you are right, we shouldn't generalize... I just wish I could find one of those good doctors
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    I just did an online assessment thing on www.womentowomen.com and it says i am in perimenopause based on the thing i filled out it said my symptoms were 3 mild 6 moderate and 12 severe and that other women my age were 4.93 mild 5.25 moderate and 3.35 severe (severity of symptoms listed)
  10. Aleshia
    thanks fiddle faddle at least I'm not totally a lost case then...
  11. Aleshia
    btw here i my symptoms (all of them) that "don't fit celiac disease" raised liver enzymes unable to concentrate poor memory I feel unsafe driving because of my concentration clumsy, drop knives and pans in the kitchen and its worse at night. I bump into doorways and doorknobs with my hands, shoulders and hips... its like I can't judge the distance...
  12. Aleshia
    I think the FDA has stopped them from using the ultrasound for gallstones, Not exactly sure why but that is what I found online. they still do the one with lasers to shatter them and then suck them out with a vaccuum but they say they only do that on elderly or people too sick to have it removed or on children who haven't reached puberty yet seems like...
  13. Aleshia
    but shouldn't a doctor at least listen to the symptoms and try to come up with SOMETHING? do some tests or send you to another doctor until it is figured out???
  14. Aleshia
    Hi were you gluten free at the time? I just think that if the stones are formed because the gallbladder isn't active enough to get the bile out efficiently, and that the gallbladder isn't active enough because of celiac that if you take out the stones that are already there and treat the cause and not the symptom (go gluten free) that no more stones should...
  15. Aleshia
    yeah I think the next doctor I see I'm going to ask for a bone scan, I have an appointment with my NP again on the 8th. I'm just frustrated with her cause she is the one who first knew that I lost 2 inches... I ALWAYS measured between 5'10 1/2 and 5'11" and when she measured me I was 5'8 1/3" thats more than 2 inches... anyway she just said it was probably...
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    thats how I feel... if I have celiac and I go gluten free I probably won't get more gallstones... thats why I want to just remove the stones... I was told by my naturopath that if my gallbladder is full of stones they will get stuck if I do the flush and I will have to have emergency surgery to repair the biliary tract or something which is far more serious...
  17. Aleshia
    I've been thinking about going gluten free.. not sure what is holding me back except that I have certain symptoms that I feel need to be looked at further... like bone pain and loss of height and stuff like that... if I have osteoporosis or osteomalacia or something like that I want a doctor to take it seriously and I don't know that going gluten free is...
  18. Aleshia
    thanks I will definitely look into that. I needed to hear something about a good doctor for a change
  19. Aleshia
    Thanks I did contact someone from a support group about a month ago and they said there was a dr in the everett area and said I can call them if I need any help. anyway, I found only 2 dr.s on celiac.com in washington and one of them has a bad review (it said he was very old school and wouldn't let them ask any questions or anything... ) I was still possibly...
  20. Aleshia
    that is true. I just feel attached to my gallbladder I guess hehe and I just don't want to risk the whole leaky gut thing and I've heard people say that within 2 weeks they have the same pain back anyway and they can't have their gallbladder taken out twice!
  21. Aleshia
    thanks mamaw, I just feel like if I do have celiac disease and that is what is causing the "faulty bile" as they say and causing my gallbladder to be underactive then there seems that there would be a chance that if I got rid of the stones and went gluten free that my gallbladder would start functioning normally... plus I think there is a higher risk of bowel...
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    thanks guys, I'll talk to the next dr. I see about this I just looked up hashimotos on the internet... I have so many of these symptoms.. not all but lots The signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism vary widely, depending on the severity of hormone deficiency. At first, you may barely notice any symptoms, such as fatigue and sluggishness, or you...
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    oh also, the last dr. said that until my "brain chemicals" are fixed that she can't do anything about my other symptoms including loss of height....
  24. Aleshia
    hey, I just need a place to vent.. and some encouragement I've been to like 3 different doctors in the last few weeks... doctor #1 said "you don't have celiac because you don't have diarrhea and you're not losing weight." the good thing is he had an ultrasound done and discovered that I have gallstones (have had attacks for more than 9 years and no doctors...
  25. Aleshia
    thanks... how am I supposed to get a dr. to do a biopsy if they are convinced that I don't have it then? despite me having almost every symptom ever mentioned on every site I could find ?? guess you can see I'm pretty discouraged.
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