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Hey guys! Thought I'd keep you updated. Had my laparoscopy on Thursday the 11th and they discovered that my appendix was enlarged, that I have adhesions all over my gallbladder as well as fluid in my pelvis. I had my appendix removed and this is my first day out of hospital after a nightmare...

Hi bozzylozzy With the doc we tried everything, food allergies, thought it was gastritis, IBS, Gilbert syndrome or even just plain gas as in a bubble being trapped in my bowel but none of them could explain the flare and remission. The problem just keeps coming back and getting worse as time...

hahahahaha thanks naturelover, you're absolutely right! i shouldn't give up like that. blessings to you... both you and your daughter and i really hope you get your diagnosis!

Hey Bozzylozzy! I'm not really good at the moment. Feeling completely drained! The pain is more constant in the lower right side then sometimes all over the place, lower back even left hand side and belly button. Do you ever feel like this as well? I guess a laparoscopy is a good option but im...

Hey star and bozzylozzy, I fully agree with you but he's the fourth gastro that I have seen so far and I'm starting to lose hope. Even my family is starting to think that maybe it is all in my head and that I may have psychological problems :$ pred was working wonders and I told him that. He...

Hi bozzylozzy, no i have no tests planned as of yet. i will be going to see a surgeon in october so hopefully this brings results. the GI found some inflammation through the colonoscopy and the biopsy report stated that i have active colitis. he got me to do quite a few tests to try to eliminate...

hi cat-a-tonic....thank you for your reply. you know what!! i thought something was a bit weird about that test, i'm just amazed the GI didn't think of that. i'm not sure i want to go see him again as he based everything on this calprotectin test as well. he discontinued pred and all other tests...

I don't any celiac tests booked in yet. So I might experiment and report changes if any to the surgeon I will be seeing on the 4th of October.

I definitely want to try it! I couldn't possibly get any worst than I am now. I Might try it out today actually :)

Is it possible for celiac sufferers to have their symptoms suddenly disappear even without treatment and then come back even worst than before? Sorry for so many questions, I seem to have very very similar symptoms to celiac but this occurrence keeps baffling me!

Can your GP actually test you for celiac or only GI spec can?

Thank you David, I will look further into this! Hi Catherine, I live in the south east suburbs, Hampton park to be exact. Was there a long wait before your daughter was diagnosed?

I was on pred ***** lol

Hi cat-a-tonic I have an appointment on the 4th of October to see a surgeon to discuss the possibility of having a laparoscopy but for the moment, I am not receiving any treatment, no meds. I have been ill for 3 weeks, unable to do anything and I'm getting worst but don't know what to do. They...

Hi David and thank you :) The specialist ruled out celiac from the 'normal' colonoscopy I wasn't tested for vitamin B12 but I did have a test for calprotectin which came back as 0. However I was taking pred when I had the calprotectin test, I'm not sure if this may have affected the results but...

Thanks I hope you do too! :) I'm not too sure what step to take but I'll keep researching!

Yep, the biopsy revealed the active colitis but now that all the tests didn't really bring conclusive results, he gave up and gave me a referral to some other GI specialist. Up until now I had no idea you could have CD and still have normal tests results. How were you diagnosed? What helped out...

Hi partyboy690 I did try to discuss this with the specialist but because all my tests came back normal, he told me I must have had some infection at some point which is still healing. I don't quite buy that as this is obviously a recurring problem. Im a little scared about getting another...

Hi everyone :sign0144: after reading so many of your stories, i thought i'd share mine too....as of date, i'm still undiagnosed. i'm a 22 year old female and i've been ill for 3 years now. i've always struggled a little bit with BMs but the docs always said it was IBS and told me to change my...

Hi everyone after reading so many of your stories, i thought i'd share mine too....as of date, i'm still undiagnosed. i'm a 22 year old female and i've been ill for 3 years now. i've always struggled a little bit with BMs but the docs always said it was IBS and told me to change my diet and...