Mereloo

Actually, according to the CDC, nearly all sexually active people will have HPV at some point in their life, although most strains don't cause cancer, including the strains that cause the warts. Some people even pick it up from their mothers during childbirth, I think. It's extremely common (over 50% of the adult population has it), so even if you have one...

Ugh, sorry, the test results came out as a wall of text. I'll have to try to either edit it (if this system allows it) or post again with better formatting later. Sorry, I copied it.

Just got the pathology report back. Everything is negative, but I'm a little confused at how many samples were taken. It also looks like intraepithelial lymphocytes weren't tested, but maybe they only do that if there's a lesion? Doc said he took six samples each from three sites; but it looks like two to me, though I could be very confused. I'm not adept...

Also, just a follow up, if deaminated = DMA and endomysial = EMA, then those were tested along with the tTG, and all were negative. Posting all results below just for your reference: DQ2 (DQA1 0501/0505,DQB1 02XX) Negative - - - Final 2Q DQ8 (DQA1 03XX, DQB1 0302) Negative - - - Final 2Q Final Results: DQA1*01:SXYS,02:01 DQB1*03:ABXBW,05:ABUXH Code...

Will do! Forgot to consider that particular yummy option. Spanakopita here I come!

Got a call from the office today, and he is doing biopsies. Sounds like I've found a good doc. :-) Thanks, everyone. Will definitely stay on gluten until the test and maybe even try to get some whole wheat to be sure I don't get a false negative. Because there are some days that I'm unintentionally gluten light (because I like potatoes and rice), I'll...

Hi all, Finally got my results back from the lab. All my test results are negative, and I don't have the HLA-DQ2 or HLA-DQ8 genes (LabCorp, so I think they checked all parts). Yeah! However, the doc wants to do an upper endoscopy anyhow. Why do you think he still ordered the test? (You can stop here if the rest is TL:DR.) Thanks for your help...

Darn! I know my total IgA level is 33 from a test a few years ago, but I'm still nervous it may come up with a false negative anyhow; and I think my doctor only ordered the Ttg. At least I know the IgG was included in the tests. He's testing for the genes too.Not sure if I want it to be positive or not bc my digestive issues aren't that bad, but I do have...