mandykeily

Oh man, thank goodness I didn't fill the prescription!! Thanks for looking out!

Well, I was able to get in with the GI doctor I am going to for the 2nd opinon today (someone cancelled so I got their spot). I'll be going in for another endoscopy as well as a colonoscopy tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed I get some answers finally. I will post an update when I get my biopsy results back.

I found this website to be helpful about understanding blood results. Open Original Shared Link

Thanks!! That's a great idea! I am going to do that this morning. I was able to pull up all the lab work the first GI ordered... turns out, he never did a celiac panel!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just assumed it came back negative since he said all my blood work came back normal (shame on me for not being more diligent). From looking over the blood work, I have found...

Thank you all for your responses. I truly appreciate it. Yeah, the GI doctor goes "it looks like you're severly anemic" before doing my endoscopy. At my appointment to discuss the results of my biopsy a couple days later, he said everything came back normal, except that I have EE (which he wrote me a 30 day steroid subscription for). Then I get in...

Yep, there is definitely a genetic component. My mom has celiac, and so does my great uncle. I haven't been diagnosed yet, but I believe I have it as well.

I am beyond frustrated. Ok, so here's a little background: My mother was diagnosed (via biopsy) with celiac in 2000. Last month, I had a miscarriage at 20 weeks. I have two kids (6 and 2) and have never had a history of miscarriages or pregnancy issues. In fact, they couldn't find anything wrong with my baby, except that it was small. I have...