Seen A Gi

[Danijela]

Hey everyone!

I went to see a GI guy yesterday I told him my symptoms. He really didn't seem interested in anything besides the gas, bloating, constipation, and swollen stomach. When I went into the symptoms of brain fogg, lock of balance, fatigue, dizzyness and so on he stopped writting them down and wasn't even looking at me. I'm pretty sure he doen't see a connection.

He has only been practicing for a few years now, I was hoping being fresh out of school would make him more knowledgable, but I just don't know???

He listened to my stomach and pushed on it and said there is definitly something going on..... I made a point of asking him if he knew what was causing my hunger and anxiety and he said there is a syndrome that he wasn't sure i'd heard of called irritable bowel syndrome that could definitly cause nervousness.... it took everything in me not to laugh cause some how I knew that was coming....

I asked him about malabsorbtion because of the attacks he said because I have a few extra pounds on that wasn't likley....

I told him by definition I am having hypoglycemic attacks but my sugars are in normal range i explained that this happens every 3-5 hours (thats the only way to explain whats happening)

He said he knew what i was talking about and that was just the body saying its really hungry ????

anyways he ordered a barium enema ?

If I do have celiac disease will he find out through this test?

its taking place next week.

I don't know too much about it all I know is i've been feeling like crap since I was 15 and its gotten much worse over this last year and I just want some answers....

thanks for listening

[judy05]

Hey everyone!

I went to see a GI guy yesterday I told him my symptoms. He really didn't seem interested in anything besides the gas, bloating, constipation, and swollen stomach. When I went into the symptoms of brain fogg, lock of balance, fatigue, dizzyness and so on he stopped writting them down and wasn't even looking at me. I'm pretty sure he doen't see a connection.

He has only been practicing for a few years now, I was hoping being fresh out of school would make him more knowledgable, but I just don't know???

He listened to my stomach and pushed on it and said there is definitly something going on..... I made a point of asking him if he knew what was causing my hunger and anxiety and he said there is a syndrome that he wasn't sure i'd heard of called irritable bowel syndrome that could definitly cause nervousness.... it took everything in me not to laugh cause some how I knew that was coming....

I asked him about malabsorbtion because of the  attacks he said because I have a few extra pounds on that wasn't likley....

I told him by definition I am having hypoglycemic attacks but my sugars are in normal range i explained that this happens every 3-5 hours (thats the only way to explain whats happening)

He said he knew what i was talking about and that was just the body saying its really hungry ????

anyways he ordered a barium enema ?

If I do have celiac disease will he find out through this test?

its taking place next week.

I don't know too much about it all I know is i've been feeling like crap since I was 15 and its gotten much worse over this last year and I just want some answers....

thanks for listening

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I can tell you he will not find celiac disease by doing a barium enema. You need to insist on an Endoscopy(upper scope) and have a biopsy done. Be proactive and insist on it. He is probably looking for diverticulitis on the barium enema. I have some of that too. Before I went gluten-free my blood sugars were all over the place, I almost passed out in Eckerds. IBS, if it really exists can cause the bloating and pain because you have a lot of air in your abdomen. However celiac disease imitates a lot of the symptoms and they just don't get it! Your neurological symptoms sound like you have it also, The brain fog and eye problems which I had didn't go away completely until I gave up casein (protein in dairy). Hope this helps!

[ravenwoodglass]

Hey everyone!

I went to see a GI guy yesterday I told him my symptoms. He really didn't seem interested in anything besides the gas, bloating, constipation, and swollen stomach. When I went into the symptoms of brain fogg, lock of balance, fatigue, dizzyness and so on he stopped writting them down and wasn't even looking at me. I'm pretty sure he doen't see a connection.

He has only been practicing for a few years now, I was hoping being fresh out of school would make him more knowledgable, but I just don't know???

He listened to my stomach and pushed on it and said there is definitly something going on..... I made a point of asking him if he knew what was causing my hunger and anxiety and he said there is a syndrome that he wasn't sure i'd heard of called irritable bowel syndrome that could definitly cause nervousness.... it took everything in me not to laugh cause some how I knew that was coming....

I asked him about malabsorbtion because of the  attacks he said because I have a few extra pounds on that wasn't likley....

I told him by definition I am having hypoglycemic attacks but my sugars are in normal range i explained that this happens every 3-5 hours (thats the only way to explain whats happening)

He said he knew what i was talking about and that was just the body saying its really hungry ????

anyways he ordered a barium enema ?

If I do have celiac disease will he find out through this test?

its taking place next week.

I don't know too much about it all I know is i've been feeling like crap since I was 15 and its gotten much worse over this last year and I just want some answers....

thanks for listening

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If you are able to try to see an allergist. Or before your appointment print out evrything you can find on celiac, gut and brain symptoms and tell him you want to look for this before he does other testing. Maybe you can educate the guy.

[KaitiUSA]

This this guy is new he may be more open to learning than others. Try to educate him and push for celiac tests even if he does not think it is celiac.

Also, the test he ordered will not show for celiac.