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I'm really interested in the hormal imbalance thing. I was taking Progesterone shots at one time to lenthen the luteal phase, since we briefly tried for another child. I've been real bad about notating my periods on my calendar, but the few I've written down I've noticed that my cycles have been barely over 3 weeks long. This is my 2nd totally gluten-free...

Hi, I've been gluten-free for six weeks. My symptoms are mainly muscle weakness and sleepiness. Last week I felt pretty good...even really good!! Now I'm sliding back again. today I just want to go back to bed again (only been up an hour), after a good 8 hours sleep! I've gone back through my diet and can't find a culprit. The last time I felt...

I was confirmed via biopsy about a month ago and promptly took the kids for bloodtesting. My oldest (age 11)came back positive on all three areas (not in front of me now but I know the ttg was 29 (1-5 being normal), positive on endomysial, and positive iga (?)). He reall doesn't have any symptoms. He is on the very thin side, but not sickly looking. He...

I slept the same as usual last night.

Hi All, I've been gluten-free for about four weeks now, but accidentally something wrong yesterday. My gut is fine (it really wasn't bothering me too much before gluten-free anyway), but I'm very tired and feel like I'm dragging myself through the day. Could there be any relationship between last nights dinner and the way I feel today? It seems weird...

Sorry, I hit the wrong button above. I just talked to my GI and he read the pathologist report to me, which said a bunch of stuff I didn't understand but the stuff I understood said that there was blunting of the villa, and the damage was patchy. The doc said that in years past, my biopsy wouldn't have resulted in a celiac diagnosis, but now they...

I posted a couple months ago about whether or not I should have a biopsy. All my bloodwork was fine except the TTG, which was very slightly elevated (almost one digit over the normal range). Well, I had the biopsy and the GI said I have celiac. He was surprised, since I didn't really have the GI symptoms and my blood work "looked good". I really wasn...

Hi everyone, My general practice doc agrees with you all about the biopsy. She said I will always wonder about whether I have celiac disease or not, and it is better to be safe than sorry. I need to get in touch with my GI guy and try to get this done soon, since I am scheduled for major surgery in 3 weeks. Does this test require a general, or will...

Thanks to all who answered my previous post about the biopsy. It sound like I may be beginning to show positivie results on tests, since the only blood test that came back positive was in the mild positive range. If I do have celiac, about how long would it take before I would have a more positive blood test result? If I have a biopsy and it is negative...

There were three components of the test the doctor ran: ttg, igg (1.3),and iga (1.1) How did you find out you have celiac? Were the numbers real high?

Hi, I posted a couple weeks ago about my test results. Everything was normal except for the TTG which was 5.7. For this lab normal is below 4, 4-10 is a weak positive, and positive greater than 10. My internist ran the test and sent the results to my gastro doc. He called yesterday and told me the blood work looked good. He said they don't...

Hi, I just found this site and it is very informative. I've had ibs for twenty years, but the symptoms are generally the same day in and day out...no flares and remissions. I asked my gp to do the blood test for celiac just in case I have an absorption problem instead because my colon transit time is rather fast. She also ran a thyroid test and that...