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  1. VictoriaSmith
    I do have my info on my last labs taken. I am curious as to why it says abnormal on the Metabolic Panel, yet 2 doctors have said all looks normal. I'm unfamiliar with alot listed on the labs. I can't get an image to upload due to file size so here's all the results as they're listed. Sorry if its long. •(Metabolic Panel - Abnormal) Sodium- 140...
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    Those were all very interesting and informative reads, thank you! I bought some Thiamine yesterday and plan to start taking it to see if there are any improvements. Hopefully I get some relief somewhere. Some of the inital diagnoses the patients received when all they needed was Thiamine is a scary thought.
  3. VictoriaSmith
    I will, thank you! Now that makes me wonder if I've had signs/symptoms of celiac before I started the more pronounced ones the last few months. I was severely anemic when I was pregnant 2008. I stayed sick (not just the normal bout of morning sickness.) and would pass out randomly. Digestive issues started in 2011 (gallbladder removed the...
  4. VictoriaSmith
    I'm not sure I have ever heard of Ferritin. No, I never was told the cause for my anemia.
  5. VictoriaSmith
    Good thing I avoid soy sauce anyways! What surprised me is all the ways cross contamination can occur. Separate dishes/utensils, even separate sponges for washing dishes! That one will be tricky as my husband doesn't have Celiac. He's a type 1 diabetic though. I remember reading somewhere but don't recall where, that other auto immune diseases increase...
  6. VictoriaSmith
    I will try that then. Thank you. I'm not too familiar on the amounts of gluten in products yet. I have noticed how tricky its going to be to go gluten free though. I can see why it's so lacking in awareness in community as a whole. Most don't think twice about things like that til they're faced with the possibility themselves unfortunately.
  7. VictoriaSmith
    It makes me relieved to hear symptoms start improving. I'm ready to feel like myself again. Not like a zombie walking through life. I'm going to keep eating at least a cracker or two a day until I can get a test done. Going to try a different doctor next week to see if they'll do the test. If not I'll just order one. Last night while I was sitting...
  8. VictoriaSmith
    She looked at me like I had multiple heads when I asked about celiac. She asked me if I "ate alot of bread" I told her, well yeah I eat alot of things that have gluten in it, not just bread. She said, no it's usually bread that's the main source of the gluten allergy. Then told me to not eat it for a week, then not eat dairy for the next. When...
  9. VictoriaSmith
    I thought it was strange she wanted to run labs for everything else, but not celiac as well. She seems to be focusing on other auto immune diseases, mainly psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. I have the first 2, so wouldn't it be kinda redundant to test for the last? She's also very intrigued that Lupus runs in my family as well. I've...
  10. VictoriaSmith
    To me, it seemed she's ignoring it as a possibility. When we were discussing the labs and when they'll be back, she told me she disagrees celiac is a possibility. She thinks my heart palpitations are cardiovascular (which they might be, heart disease does strongly run in the family) and everything else is probably hormonal. I'll definitely...
  11. VictoriaSmith
    I agree with finding another doctor. My first clue should have been when she referred to it as an allergy. She seems to want to go the route of narrowing everything else possible out first. Even wanting to prescribe medications for my psoriasis, that I just refuse to take with the many many side effects they have.
  12. VictoriaSmith
    My symptoms started February of this year. They have progressively gotten worse. I currently experience: • Tingling from my shins down, back of my head/face, and forearms. My hands and feet stay ice cold. • The 3 middle toes on my left foot go numb, though I eventually gain feeling back. Comes and goes • D (consistently since March...
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