Lena

They want me to drink the dyd for two hours prior to the test. The last thing I want is to put my gut through that. I had done dye years ago when I had "attacks" and it made me so sick. The good news is I'm feeling better since staying gluten-free so will stick to that. Maybe I'm losing weight becuase I'm not so bloated. I'm going to the gyn and make sure...

Doc's office called today. Test came back negative. They want me to do a Ct scan but I won't because of the dye. So...I guess I'm stuck with an IBS diagnosis.. Lost 5 more pounds. I'm just fed up and sort of don't care any more.

The thing that makes me mad about the doc is he was the one that mentioned celiac to begin with. I guess I'll know soon enough if I have it...bloodwork should be back soon. I really don't want a CT scan...all that kind of stuff scares me. I do know something is wrong...I never get sick so am concerned about the pain that won't go away...and the attacks. ...

Well...I had to push the envelop and find answers. Yesterday and I did something either very smart or very stupid. Turned out to be smart (I think). After thinking on it I decided to see what would happen if I went back to my "old ways" and really tanked up on gluten. Ate 2 muffins and a flour quesadilla. Figured if I had celiac that would push me into an...

Thank you guys for responding. At least he did do a blood test for celiac...I'm not sure what exactly he was looking for. I told him I hadn't had any wheat but he said it would still show up in the blood test if I do have it. Of course now I will have to hound them for the results. I broke one of my toes a while back and it took a month for them to...

Went to the docs today. My results from the stool test were back...no parasites or salmonella, etc. Then my doc is talking to me. He says "I think you have IBS." I told him last visit he thought I had celiac becuase my symptoms happen at night. I also told him about being gluten-free for two weeks, but then having an attack Sat. after eating in a resturant...

I see my doc tommorrow. At the time I hadn't tried the gluten-free diet so he was just throwing it out there as one of the many things that could be wrong. I had never heard of Celiac until he mentioned it. His main thing was to do a culture and make sure I didn't have a parasite or overgrowth of bacteria or something. The test results take a while to get...

Hi Sue...thanks for responding so fast! I can't imgine eating gluten and going through attacks until they test. It hurts so bad I have to scream into a towel...I mean it is painful until it passes. Some attacks hours, some are done within a half hour. I'm self employed and had to miss work when I had the attacks. My doc did give me a sublingual antispasmodic...

Hi everyone... My doc thinks I have Celiac...but is ruling out other things first (had me do the "sample" thing ukkk). Symptoms: Over past few years "attacks after eating and middle of night of bloating, extremely painful cramping, sometimes diahrea...doesn't start that way but ends up being. Last month it was so severe they sent me to the ER thinking...