Cargo

I got my blood test done Monday...I didn't stuff myself with gluten before hand. I wasn't eating a ton of it, but I certainly hadn't intentionally removed it from my diet so I'm sure if there's something to show, it'll show. I also requested to be tested for Hashimotos so we'll see how that goes. I have no idea how long it will take to get the results...

I haven't gone gluten free at all yet, but I realized that I've only been eating a fairly small amount of bread recently and don't want to take any chances on a negative blood test. lol I'm sure there's gluten in other things I've been eating, but I'm paranoid that it's not enough for the tests. I know it's not logical. lol I just want to over do it so...

Doc ordered my celiac blood tests today! I think I'm going to do a massive gluten challenge for two weeks before I get the tests done. I found this article that said two weeks is enough. Open Original Shared Link Instead of eating bread, I plan on buying a bag of gluten for baking and just mixing it will water and chugging it. I figure two...

Decided, just for the hell of it, to add on the thyroid tests to my request. My symptoms all fall under Hashimoto symptoms as well, and thyroid issues run in my family. I just want to feel better! Being this tired and having all these issues can't be just...nothing. I mean, I keep telling myself that maybe if I just lose weight, everything will be good...

Looks like my doc went on vacation. I won't hear back until mid to late next week.

Thanks for the info! I had already sent my doctor another note...telling her that I'd really like to be tested, listing the tests I wanted and all my symptoms... Then I was reading another thread and saw that medications may have gluten. I'm on A LOT of meds...so it's not as easy as skipping the diagnosis and going on a gluten free diet! I'd have to...

This is the response I got from my doctor: "Would recommend she cut out gluten for 2 weeks, then re-introduce it and if her symptoms return then she should stay on a gluten free diet. My experience is that not many people have true celiac's disease but a lot of people are sensitive or intolerent of gluten and should be on a gluten free diet." Should...

I'm finally to a point in my life where I have the mental clarity to handle going gluten free. I suffer from severe depression and anxiety and have just been consistently stable for the last year or so. I've always suffered from IBS/loose stool, hormonal imbalances, acne, headaches, reflux, low ferritin, low D, and low potassium...not sure if they have...

For many many years I've known that most of my issues fall in the celiac symptom category...but I've chosen to ignore that because I didn't want to deal with going gluten free. I've contacted my doctor to see if they'll do a test for me...I don't plan on stopping eating gluten until after the diagnosis comes back. But if they refuse to do the test...