<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Jana responded to last week's post about the Gloria Loring (daytime soap star) website and Ms. Loring's recent article about a young mother's struggle to get the appropriate attention from physicians to diagnose her two young daughter's with diabetes. I responded: >Jana: Thanks so much for the note. Your daughter had such a rough time, >incredible to me. I was naive enough to think that such incidents were a >thing of the past. My own brother was diagnosed with IDDM about 1960 and we >almost lost him because of delays.... > >I guess there is still a wake up call needed in the medical community about >childhood diabetes. That being the case, I guess we should not be so >surprised that Celiac disease still confuses and mystifies the medical >community. I hope your daughter is doing much, much better now.... > >I do hope you will share your story with >Gloria Loring via the e-mail >address I posted...(www.glorialoring.com) Thanks, > >Sara Jones > <mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >-----Original Message----- >From: Jana Church [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Friday, March 12, 1999 7:09 PM >To: [log in to unmask] > >Hi Sara We had many troubles with getting daughter's diabetes confirmed as >she almost died before we finally figured it out and got her to hospital >where she stayed over a week to recover from shut down. This was >after seeing a doctor 3 times that same week complaining about her >problems.... Then this past year we finally got a new specialist and we >begged her to figure why our daughter was always having belly pains for the >past 5 years.. Well she tested and then had biosphy done very fast and it >proved our daughter had celiac disease too. We are grateful for online sites >as we received faster information and connected to parents who were dealing >with both medical problems and this made life much easier for us. I do enjoy >getting all the info and thank you for your imput this week. > >You may share this letter if it will help others more aware of the >problems of getting children checked as soon as possible. My child ,now 9, >has been diabetic 6 years and recently discovered to have celiac last Oct, >1998. She is doing well and is very good at explaining both problems and >educating other peole , including teachers and peers.I am more than willing >to share what I have learned and am hear to listen if anyone wants to email >me.