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ARCHIVED Blood Test Positive...biopsy Negative.
MollyBrack replied to MollyBrack's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I just got a letter from the GI practice congratulating me on being celiac free. I brought up the thing about negative results because I've been off gluten to my GP and she dismissed it as "internet stuff". So, who do you believe...four people who have been to medical school or a hundred different websites that contradict them? The one site that I think... -
ARCHIVED Blood Test Positive...biopsy Negative.
MollyBrack replied to MollyBrack's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Yes, this makes sense to me. I read up a bit more and understand why the biopsy could be negative either way. And yes, it is alarming that both of the GI "specialists" I've seen, my GP and my rheumatologist ALL have said that Celiac disease is "just an allergy". -
ARCHIVED Swollen Tongue / Blisters
MollyBrack replied to eerickso's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I spent months trying to figure out why my tongue was swollen, painful and looked like a roadmap. I do have "geographic tongue" but this was very different. My doc had no ideas, but I finally decided after a lot of internet research (for better or worse) that I had Candida. I went on THREE courses of anti-fungal drugs and completely changed my diet to no... -
ARCHIVED Blood Test Positive...biopsy Negative.
MollyBrack posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Two years ago I was diagnosed via bloodwork as having Celiac. Here are the results from that test: Gliadin IgA Ab 32 0 - 19 Units H Tissue Transglut Ab IgA 98 0 - 19 Units H Last week I was hospitalized for gallbladder surgery and an upper GI series of tests were done including... -
ARCHIVED Flavored Coffee
MollyBrack replied to finlayson's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
I wanted to share some information I got from the "Don Francisco" coffee company. They make several flavored coffees that come already ground, in a can.