Deb Cavanagh

Well I promised I would post regarding my expedition to Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. I have very little positive to say about the office staff so I will keep my mouth shut, but Dr. Pietzak was wonderful once we were able to actually get in front of her. She was a wealth of information, took the time to listen to my daughter's very extensive medical...

Mariann, I will let you know regarding the Dr.'s and Childrens once we get in there. I agree that it seems pretty horrible to put her back on gluten to get a diagnosis when everything else points to celiac. The only reason I would consider it is if there is some other really life threatening thing that the biopsy would rule out and it was the only way...

Hello all, I am new to the forum. My daughter is in the process of being diagnosed with celiac disease. We have had the blood screening which came back positive and are in the process of being referred to a specialist at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. She has had other blood and stool tests which have all come back normal. After months of doing...