Bowlofjokes

Well I saw the specialist today and he confirmed my blood panel does reveal Celiacs. We talked about further testing with "the gold standard" procedure, however I was not seeing any reason to go further. Over the past 5 weeks I have tried my best to avoid the gluten (10day vacation & holidays..not easy), in the small time frame my digestive system...

I'm going to see a specialist and see what he says regarding further testing. The gluten free life so far seems doable. I just bought some gluten free stuff to make pizza, bread, and oatmeal. After 48 hours of far less to zero gluten there has already been some change in my symptoms for the better. We will see and I will keep everyone up to date. There...

Thank you for the replies. Is the biopsy taken from the endoscopic procedure. I know they did the endoscopotomy (spelling) to my sister to look at villa. I'm feeling the results & my life of symptoms are positive enough. Not sure why I would need a further intrusive test. However, I would love to finish the year with my last bag of rolled oats...

During a recent physical I requested that a panel be checked since my sister had recently been diagnosed with the Celiac Disease. I was pretty taken back when the PCP office called requesting I see a specialist because of "abnormalities". The results were mailed to me and seem to point toward the Celiac. My appointment is a few weeks away, but I started...