Divergent

I'd say you're on the right track right now. To echo the previous comments, keep eating gluten on a daily basis until your endoscopy. They'll take a look around your duodenum. Make sure they plan to take biopsies, as they may or may not see notable changes visually, but the biopsies are where they can look closely for the kind of damage that is characteristic...

Very comprehensive, thanks.

Thanks for this, ironictruth. I personally believe that should my dx be accurate, it's not recent; my complaints are pretty consistent and go back years. But the logistics of analysis and reporting methods are always at play and you've raised some great points that are helping me think through this a bit more. Regarding #4, I've been reading that...

Hi all, I received a diagnosis of celiac not too long ago - I had positive (although not crazy high) blood work (both TTG IgA and DMG IgG), and endoscopy. Ate several months of gluten beforehand. And yet... I recently received a copy of the pathology report from the biopsies, and it seems less cut and dry than I would like. While it does indicate...

I thought I'd take a moment to provide an update, given how much lurking I've done on these forums the last year. It took a long time, but I've since had another gastroenterologist visit, many months of eating tons of bread, and an endoscopy where they took several biopsies. I have to say, the endoscopy was a super quick and efficient experience. During...

Thank you ravenwoodglass & GFinDC for the thoughtful replies . I'll be reading more around the forums and stocking my fridge with enough beer for the next few weeks.

Hi! After more than a decade of feeling off — bouts of acid reflux, intense digestive pains and gas, diarrhea/constipation, fatigue and brain fog... I think we should go ahead and add anxiety to that — my yearly song and dance at the GP's office got me a referral to a gastroenterologist, who said we should try and look for celiac and IBDs as a potential exp...