Sika

Just to update a little .... I'm going to see a doctor who specialises in proctology next Monday. The most urgent thing is all the issues with the blood and pain with stools ... going on for 3 months plus. I freaked out about it yesterday due to a development that I won't detail here because of ickiness. I think these particular issues are due to some other...

First of all, thank you all so much for your replies, they really mean a lot to me. It's nice to hear about others experiences and decisions with regards to testing and diet. In an ideal world I would have an endoscopy tomorrow, but I know that even if I pushed for this (I would be unlikely to be offered this test - I'm in the UK), it would be several...

My blood screen came back negative and I'm really miserable. I was convinced it was celiac and I would have an explanation for years and years of symptoms and I could stop eating gluten and things would start getting better. But everything is 'normal', so I've no explanation at all. So, there's no point being tested again is there? That's it....

I was eating a gluten-light diet for many months. About 2-3 months ago I had a recurring issue with pain passing stools, blood in stools, etc ... and complete exhaustion and brain fog (which is ongoing for me). I began thinking that perhaps it's celiac so have been increasing my gluten intake prior to the text last week. Which has meant I've been feeling...

Hi, This is my first post. I have a tendency to ramble but I will try my best to keep this short. [Having just finished writing the post, I completely failed in my attempts to be brief. Sorry. If you want a summary: my symptoms are rectal bleeding and pain, extreme bloatedness when eating gluten, fatigue and foggy brain and weakness/lethargy for years...