Smart doctor
Boyfriend is still having problems. It's GI related, and that's about as much as I care to elaborate on. Since I've been aware of his problems, I've been tempted to ask him to get tested for a celiac panel. But it became clear that he won't go to the doctor until it gets bad.
It's finally getting bad. Last week he underwent a CT scan with barium. Found out after the scan that he's allergic to contrast dye. Silly guy almost left the clinic until he noticed the hives. He sees the specialist tomorrow regarding the CT.
But he had a physical with his primary doctor. She's been following up with him about these problems (after all, you need to see the primary care doctor to get a referral to a specialist). Ruled out the liver, and a few other things. Then ordered a bunch of blood tests yesterday.
So I asked boyfriend what she ordered. There's the basics related to a physical such as a PSA, and cholesterol. But she also ordered a celiac panel. I should send flowers or something - it took several specialists and three rounds of blood work before they ordered a celiac panel on me.
Yeah, so he's getting the panel done, and he didn't have to ask for it. He's getting the blood drawn tomorrow. I told him to make sure that the celiac panel the lab will do includes giladin, trans-glutaminase, and endomycin. While most doctors don't consider only giladin positive as a celiac, I was only anti-giladin positive (off scale positive). I had the tests repeated for a year including testing for IgA deficiency. I'm not IgA deficient, but never registered for trans-glutaminase or endomycin. Almost two years later, the biopsy put all doubts to rest - as in there's no vili.
The funniest thing is that one time I told boyfriend that I wondered if he was a celiac too. He laughed and said "but I'm not skinny". Doctors are assuming that when I lost 40 pounds in a month it was the start of my celiac disease. But I put back those 40 pounds, and am back to healthy/slightly heavy frame.
I've had another reason to suspect he had celiac, but it's a laughable reason. But if I'm right, I'll explain the logic of my luancy.
It's finally getting bad. Last week he underwent a CT scan with barium. Found out after the scan that he's allergic to contrast dye. Silly guy almost left the clinic until he noticed the hives. He sees the specialist tomorrow regarding the CT.
But he had a physical with his primary doctor. She's been following up with him about these problems (after all, you need to see the primary care doctor to get a referral to a specialist). Ruled out the liver, and a few other things. Then ordered a bunch of blood tests yesterday.
So I asked boyfriend what she ordered. There's the basics related to a physical such as a PSA, and cholesterol. But she also ordered a celiac panel. I should send flowers or something - it took several specialists and three rounds of blood work before they ordered a celiac panel on me.
Yeah, so he's getting the panel done, and he didn't have to ask for it. He's getting the blood drawn tomorrow. I told him to make sure that the celiac panel the lab will do includes giladin, trans-glutaminase, and endomycin. While most doctors don't consider only giladin positive as a celiac, I was only anti-giladin positive (off scale positive). I had the tests repeated for a year including testing for IgA deficiency. I'm not IgA deficient, but never registered for trans-glutaminase or endomycin. Almost two years later, the biopsy put all doubts to rest - as in there's no vili.
The funniest thing is that one time I told boyfriend that I wondered if he was a celiac too. He laughed and said "but I'm not skinny". Doctors are assuming that when I lost 40 pounds in a month it was the start of my celiac disease. But I put back those 40 pounds, and am back to healthy/slightly heavy frame.
I've had another reason to suspect he had celiac, but it's a laughable reason. But if I'm right, I'll explain the logic of my luancy.
posted by Jenn @ 08:15
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