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I had asked about feeling better right before biopsy and how that would
affect test results..

Many people said they were glad they didn't have restrictions on bathroom
time at work..my advise to all of you..don't work for a call center where
your entire life is monitored by a control center monitoring how many
minutes you are on calls because any time off phones is questioned and they
even made a break code for bathroom so they can track it.  By law I have 2
10 minute breaks at scheduled times and an hour lunch..I am there 11 hours a
day (work 4 days with 3 days off a week) and cannot take those breaks 'as
needed' to work around bathroom needs.

Was half and half on whether the gluten challenge was enough..some said it
would show even if I felt better, some said it was impossible to feel better
eating gluten if I was really celiac (which I don't know..see below) and
some said I needed 6 months or more of the gluten challenge and one person
said it didn't show until the 4th time which almost killed her.

Received several emails advising me that they would not eat gluten for any
reason, that a diagnoses was not worth it.  biopsy found nothing, which
means now doctor will not excuse past month off work, meaning I was denied
for disability and sick pay while off work and I will be fired if I return
to work with no dr. note for time off.  No diagnoses, sickness is not real
as far as everyone but I am concerned.  I personally see being so dehydrated
I can barely walk as reason to call in sick to work, but with no diagnose
I'm out of luck.  So it definitely would have been worth it if it would have
showed something..and now not sure what to do.

Tam

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