Meggie

that's really interesting isn't it... I went this morning to have blood taken for the gene typing. I was chatting to the nurses who took the blood and they were saying they knew of a Doctor who was 78 years old who finally worked out it was celiac A DOCTOR. Apparently he was sick his whole life.... Yeah, it's an amazing disease really. And to think...

Hi I'm guessing there aren't that many Aussies here, but I know of at least one, and I tried to PM, her but it's not working for me, maybe I'm too new here or something.... Anyway, I'm still waiting for my initial appointment with the gastro which will be in about 5 weeks, but in the meantime I was considering having the genetic testing. Can anyone...

I was only gluten free for two weeks, but am now back on it again awaiting the biopsy which will be a couple of months away. My initial appointment with the gastro is in 6 weeks. Magnesium.... yes, I've had other magnesium deficiency symptoms in the past too, my naturopath said not to bother taking any supplements just yet until she's finished healing...

Hello Again I was just wondering if having lung / breathing disorders are commonly link or recognised with celiac disease or Gluten sensitivitie's? As I mentioned previously, I've had a sore throat for the past 10 months, I have also been breathless and have slightly breathing difficulties, like it almost feels like mild asthma, or like a mild...

Jillian and thank you you know the counsellor ask me a couple of weeks ago what I want to see myself doing / being a year from now. (she was expecting some sort of great goal like studying, or a new job or something I think) and all I honestly want is to have it within me to be that mother I want to be for those sweet things which need and deserve...

Oh YES ahorsesoul, I am so relieved lately. Whether it's celiac's, a gluten allergy, wheat allergy, or a gluten sensitivity, or even just the candida infection systemically, I feel like I'm at least on the right track now after all this time. I've been below par for most of my life. As soon as celiac is ruled in or out, I'll be going gluten free...

Tracy Thank you so much. Hello up there in Canada, I'm down here in Australia. YES YES YES, I very much feel / know that my health has effected my ability to mother my babies the way I really wanted to. Especially since my second, my poor darling, she's only two now, and I feel that she's hardly had a life at all. I just don't have...

Yes, I'll definately go gluten free as soon as I can. I haven't really shared my history yet. Sorry it became so long, but I wanted to share, hopefully I'm in good company. After slowly slowly getting more and more sick over the past 8 years, really just thinking I was a weak, crap human being. Thinking I had personal issues, that I couldn't...

Hi Sue What's the HLA-DQ typing? Is that the genetic test? I don't have any private hospital cover, so my out of pocket expense for the endoscopy and biopsy is going to be enormous. How annoying. FOR BOTH OF US!!!!! Ok, thanks for your help. Let me know how you go with your genetic testing?? Meg

Ok, so Dr was very honest and said she doesn't know anything about Celiacs. The blood test was borderline and I've been refered to a gasto. I had been refered anyway due to symptoms. Here are the results, so anyone in the know I'd really appreciate your thoughts since the GP was no help. Total IgA : 2.2 g/l (0.7 - 4.0) so this was normal Anti...

Yeah, I'm sure you're right, but mine does. I've been going there for years, and I've had a multitude of recent tests and they definately give them out over the phone. The only ones they don't is if something comes up and it needs further action. I'll ask the Dr for as much info as she can give me, then I'll ask for a print out to see if anyone here knows...

Hello Again. So I had a call from the Dr's office who couldn't discuss things over the phone, but said that the Dr needs to see me to discuss the results of the celiac screen blood test. Normally when i phone up for results (and there's been enough of those lately ) they just say over the phone 'no action required', so I'm guessing that something...

Thanks for sharing that info, it's really very interesting isn't it... That poor person who went for 5 biopsy's, good on them for persevering, they must have had a strong conviction. Alright, well I guess I'll see how the blood's go and take it from there. If it all comes back negative, I'll ask my Naturopath to do some allergy testing and...

OK, thanks Deb, I might go and have the blood test tomorrow then. I've been eating gluten two meals a day for the past three days, anyway, after only the week off, so I'm going to do it tomorrow. From what others are saying, it's coming across as though the blood tests can come back as a false negative, is this true. I just see that some are getting...

Hi Folks I'm so pleased to have found this site, I've been googling and googling for weeks trying to work out if I might have this. I've been sick for so long, increasingly so for at least the past 8 years maybe longer, not sure.... Anyway, I wont bore you all with my long list of strange symptoms, but I'm just wondering if a chronic sore throat...