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Just got out of the appointment with the 2nd GI Doc. He was very thorough, and as soon as he heard that I am B12 deficient, he ordered a full Celiac panel! I didn't even have to bring it up! He said the results will only take a couple days! Whoop!!

Thank you so much! My husband and I have decided that no matter what, we are going to press the doctor on Monday for the Celiac panel. I could be dead wrong as to it being Celiac, but the bottom line is that over the past 2 months my life has been turned upside down, and there has to be a reason for that! People don't just become as sick as I am without...

Thank you so much for your responses! I literally wanted to scream at him, but resisted the urge. I have an appointment Monday morning with a different GI specialist, so let's hope that he will do the testing. I'm pretty convinced that I'm on the right track with my symptoms, especially since I found out that I am also B12 deficient (after pouring over...

I'm so frustrated! I went back to my primary care and discussed the possibility of my having Celiac with him. He didn't seem opposed to my research, just said that he didn't know enough about the disease to say one way or the other, and that the symptoms of Celiac are very broad and encompass a lot of other things. He sent me to a GI specialist, and told...

Thanks for reading! Yes, they took biopsies, but I'm not certain if they took a biopsy of the intestine or not. I know they took a biopsy of the esophagus and stomach.

I've never heard of Celiac's disease until last night after I left my GP office and began researching, so please be patient with me. Since the 10th of December, I've been suffering from vomiting with pain under my right rib cage that also makes it feel as if my by back is going to explode. I've felt like I have a balloon on the inside of my body being inflated...