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I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in December 2008 (blood test) by a wonderful doctor and have been eating gluten free since then (with a few slip ups, of course!). I was doing really well but in the past year or so I started gaining lots of weight. Before I started feeling symptoms of celiac, I lost lots of weight, and when the bad digestive symptoms...
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ARCHIVED Going Gluten Free Today
erinb24 replied to erinb24's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Thank you for all your responses! I love to cook, so I think I'll be able to adjust to making substitutions okay, but I think the hardest part will be having so many goodies there to tempt me I'll definitely keep posting here because I've gotten a lot of help already! -
ARCHIVED Going Gluten Free Today
erinb24 posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I had an appointment with the GI today and was put on a gluten-free diet. Even though the tests came out negative, my symptoms line up too much with Celiac, so I'm going to try the diet and see how it works. This is going to be hard, especially the week of Christmas, but I'm so ready to start feeling better that I hope this is it! -
ARCHIVED Suspect Celiac, But Tests Suggest Otherwise
erinb24 replied to erinb24's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Thank you for all your helpful advice. I will continue to post as I get through this. I had a blood test but it came out negative, but I know that the low IGA skewed those results. I don't know how many samples the doctor got, but I will ask when I have my next appointment. I just can't shake the feeling that it is celiac. I also don't know what else... -
ARCHIVED Suspect Celiac, But Tests Suggest Otherwise
erinb24 posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I've had symptoms going on for a while now, and I have been suspecting celiac. I've been seeing a GI whom I trust and I think is very competent. I know that he has had experience with seeing celiac disease, as he typically diagnoses 2-3 celiac patients a year. He suspected celiac due to my severe anemia, and after a negative blood test, did a colonoscopy...