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<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>
Hi Lana:
You wrote:
I've just returned from a sigmoidoscopy (a camera scope is threaded through
the lower colon area) and have had six biopsies taken.
>>>>Not on the tep ten list of fun things to do eh?
In about a week, I'll know the results.
>>>>>Hoping it's good news!
Does anyone have suggestions about ways to convince the Doc to consider
Celiac-Sprue?
>>>I'd ask the doc-- "Please check for Celaic Sprue"- or ask if he'd ruled
it out... as it can be a companion disease w/ diabetes. Also does it run
in the family?
They can run blood tests and a saliva test....... Bottom line is -- Do you
intestinal problems stop when you don't ingest gluten?
Some people have endured all the battery of tests, and get negative or
questionable results but are *sick as a dog* when they eat gluten & the
problem stops when they don't.
That to me IS the gold standard-- felling healthy.
In the past I had severe lactose intolerance that eventually
disappeared.
>>>Damaged villi in the small intestine can creat a lactose intolerance
situation. For some, a few months after going gluten free & the gut heals,
they have the enzymes once again to digest lactose. As always YMMV.
Since I'm lo-carbing, it's difficult to say whether gluten is
affecting me.
>>You would know if eating gluten stirs up the intestinal problems.
Meantime, I'm hanging in there! ;>)
>>>Good~ keep us posted on the results.
Fran
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