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  1. freeda
    How do I make the decision on whether a biopsy is the right way to go?
  2. freeda
    I wish they would have something in plain english!!! dsDNA negative tTG 3 normal The gluten specific ones were done at ARUP in Utah. of the others... glucose high BUN low HCT low TSH .78 normal Serum IgA 187 normal ESR 19 normal everything else normal So what, I'm perfectly healthy? I cry in the john for kicks?
  3. freeda
    Everything that I have, I have self-diagnosed and then gotten confirmation from physicians. No one knows my body better than me, so it makes sense. You just have to be an educated patient. I don't blame them. Medicine is inexact.
  4. freeda
    Okay, sounds good. I had pancakes for lunch. I'm just trying to be in the mindset of tasting the "last" of everything. Saying goodbye to it. lol
  5. freeda
    My doc is also an agreeable sort. He'll give me any tests, any medicines I think will be productive as long as there's no reason not to. He trusts me and my ability to research and decide what direction I want my care to take. I love him. Fortunately, I also have good insurance. However, sometimes I wish that it wasn't so self-directed. It often feels...
  6. freeda
    Thanks for your reply. I haven't got a referral for a GI doc yet, just a dietician. Should the GI be my next step, whether or not the blood test is positive? I haven't eaten dairy but maybe a few times a year for a few years, so that's no problem.
  7. freeda
    Thanks for the tip, I will look for that!
  8. freeda
    I'm in Portage.
  9. freeda
    Hi everybody. Here's where I stand. History: IBS (w/dairy trigger among others) elevated ANA's (RA, lupus, and sjogren's ruled out, no cause found) anxiety and depression (dx'd as non-classic bipolar) Diagnosis progress: 6/29/09, doc okay with the idea of celiac disease, blood drawn for testing - should hear back within a couple of weeks? ...
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