GFpixie
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ARCHIVED Negative Test
GFpixie replied to miaryan's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Which blood test do you mean? (the one you said costs $125) If you mean tTG and IgA, both of which you need to be eating gluten for then this should be free in Canada, you just need a lab requisition from your doctor, I would imagine the HLA testing would be the same situation as well. Good luck! -
ARCHIVED Is My Celiac Diagnosis Wrong?!
GFpixie replied to GFLindsey's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
I'm in a very similar situation. I had a biopsy done and the result (according to the surgeon) were indicative of celiac, blunted villi and lymphocytes. I'd been having severe abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, HUGE weight loss for 6 months so this sounded great to me, finally a way to make myself feel better! So I did the IgA and tTG blood tests the next...