Seamuskitty

Hi all-- The doctor prescribed Librax & I filled the script. Now it looks like its not available in generic & its not the cheapest drug! Any ideas about what Librax does and if its worth taking? Also, is there a substitute or combination of generic drugs that can replace it? Or should I even bother? I am following my gluten-free...

Thanks ravenwoodglass. I appreciate the welcome and the understanding. I truely thing that the only thing I have been feeling for so long is SICK. I don't think I've had any true emotions for a very long time. Tonight I actually feel grief about something I should have reacted to months ago. I have a funny feeling that as I heal physically, many of the...

Hi everyone! I finally got my biopsy results back today--by letter. I see the Doctor next week. The Doctor wrote this: So it is official--after eating a "normal" diet for 48 years, I have discovered that I have Celiac Disease! I feel relieved to know what has been wrong with me my whole life....! But understandably angry that my life could...

Tiff, I can relate!! I think I am having the exact symptoms you are describing. I am still waiting for my official diagnosis--had my endoscopy a couple of weeks ago and will see the doctor in one more week. Meanwhile I am eating what I think is a gluten-free diet. I have cleaned out my kitchen of all gluten, wheat and anything that has ever touched gluten...

Thank you for the encouragement! It wasn't too bad at all! The worst part was the time spent waiting in the room just before the procedure...I was just anxious to get it over with. And my stomach etc was a bit of a mess as it always is in the morning. It will take a week or two to get the results. The only thing that I found out was that the doctor...

Hi everyone! Just an update to say I went to a "good" gastroenterologist today and was scheduled for an endoscopy asap. This doctor had actually participated in a Celiac Disease research project previously ---he told me a little about it but I don't know the details other than it was about finding some kind of medication that would block gliadin from...

Thanks Roda--I feel good about this doctor and figure she has prescibed the appropriate thing for me. If I don't feel better and if my level doesn't go up, I will look into something else. I am just so glad to be getting some help!

Hi again--I think I was prescribed the same thing you were. 50,000 units ergocalciferol once a week for 12 weeks, then I have another test...then I'll probably take then once a month...we'll see. Hopefully I will feel better soon! I noticed people disagreed about treatments rather heatedly on this thread and some others... All the disagreement...

Thanks Tiff-- Wow you must have felt terrible with that deficiency! I'm glad you felt better eventually. I hope it doesn't drop down again though. Its good to know that there are folks who care!! Being deficient in Vitamin D really makes you feel rotten! I am seeing the "regular" doctor tomorrow and hopefully she will prescribe something...

Thanks for posting more info and the links Roda. Sometimes its hard to sift through previous threads. There is so much info on this forum that when you search for something like "Vitamin D Deficiency" you get thousands of results. I'll read the links!!

Very interesting about putting it ON the skin. I didn't know you could do that... I will be eating gluten for another week or so...not sure when the endoscopy is yet. Hopefully after I quit eating gluten and start to heal I will be able to take a supplement and it will be absorbed. Full on tanning isn't possible out in the break area at work......

Its funny that intuitively I have always been convinced that if I could just take a week off and hang out on the beach, I would feel all better... I really do crave sunshine but I am extremely fair anyway and my pallor now is a shocking gray/green...with dark circles under my eyes...Not attractive. The doctor doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get...

Thanks for the replies. I am just going to have to keep it together for another couple of weeks. I just keep telling myself that once this part is over, I will stay on the gluten-free diet and I will feel better then. I just keep imagining myself healthy and vibrant!

Hello everyone. Forgive my newbie-ness but I would like to know what the relationship is between Celiac Disease and Vitamin D deficiency? My blood test came back saying my Vitamin D level was 23.2 and I was taking a B vitamin, De and Folic acid supplement at the time. The test also showed my hemoglobin to be normal and my Vitamin B12 to be very...

I went ahead and called another doctor, one that is hightly recommended by the local support group... I will have to wait until mid-July. Plenty of time to eat gluten and make myself really sick... Oh crap!