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ARCHIVED Just want to cry.......
alfenner replied to alfenner's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
As I was afraid of, biopsy came back negative. Now I get to decide, is it worth doing another (longer) gluten challenge to get a more accurate biopsy? Do I ask for the genetic testing and let that guide me as to whether it's worth a longer challenge? Or do I just move on and live gluten free because I'm not constantly sick that way? UGH. -
ARCHIVED Rectal Gluten Challenge
alfenner posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I did a forum search but not finding any recent posts - does anyone know if the rectal gluten challenge is available yet in the US? It seems this would be the most logical test to be done (with minimal side effects - I'd gladly do it to get a conclusive dx without being miserable for months). The fact that it's logical, however, leads me to believe it's... -
ARCHIVED Just want to cry.......
alfenner posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Sorry to be such a downer on my first post, but I'm just at the bottom this evening. Here's the scoop: - 2016 has been yucky physically, and I finally said enough, we're going to get to the bottom of what's going on. - symptoms presented as hypothyroid, so that's the route we went first, although I had significant GI symptoms, I've had them...