Connie Shedlock

This was my initial reaction too. The patient eventually does get sick enough to return to their doctor, as my husband did. Woulda, coulda, shoulda......but you would think my husband's gastroenterologist would be professional enough to want to prevent further damage that untreated celiac spure does cause. Thank you all for your feedback. It has...

Thanks for the reply. In two years my husband has lost a lot of weight (presently 139 lbs), now has to have Vitamin B-12 injections, a bone density scan, has lost teeth, etc. etc. And to think maybe this could have been prevented or avoided altogether if a more conscientous physician would have advised my husband of this disease two years ago rather than...

My husband cancelled a follow up appointment with his doctor after having an endoscopy in August 2006. He went back to this doctor on July 21, 2008 and was told the endoscopy showed he has celiac sprue. The doctor told my husband, "See if you had kept your appointment [8/2006] you would have found out you have celiac sprue!!!!! The doctor said it is the...