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Quote: Originally Posted by Panserbjorne  I agree with removal of gluten, dairy and soy for starters.  So many have similar stories, and this is what helps them turn the corner.   As far as the...

I'm approximately 10 days out from a diagnosis, but strongly suspect celiac.  My head is always a step ahead of the moment so I'm starting to think through the practicalities of parenting a child with CD, so I thought I'd start...

Quote: Originally Posted by Panserbjorne  I edited my above post for more clarity and additional stats.   I also don't want to sound like I'm lambasting your doc.  From HIS perspective tTG is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Panserbjorne    Quote: Originally Posted by LaurieG  So from what I'm reading it seems you could have an elevated tTG if there was some other...

  Quote: Originally Posted by Panserbjorne  oh, gotcha.  As far as I'm aware there is no known alternate differential for elevated tTG.  That doesn't mean they will listen to it.  IT means it...

So from what I'm reading it seems you could have an elevated tTG if there was some other autoimmune issue instead of CD (Type I diabetes or RA for example).  Here is a list of his "symptoms":  recurrent mild anemia,...

Quote: Originally Posted by Panserbjorne  aside from eliminate gluten, or in addition to?  Or are you asking about the scope? No, we're doing the scope.  I guess what I'm wondering is what could...

His tTG was 48 yesterday, with a high end of normal of 20.  Scope to come....   The GI says there is only a 10-15% chance he is positive on biopsy.  I guess I will wait to cross that bridge if we get to it, but what...

Thought I'd post an update since we're a week out now.  DD has fussed once in awhile for her nummies over the past week but all in all I would say it has gone better than expected.  We've had a few conversations where she...

Bumping this up again.  DD (age 3) has been getting ST since Sept (again) for her poor tongue coordination, which we think it the reason she doesn't eat well and isn't growing well even on HGH injections.  Basically the...