Re:Save My Life: an update
by m0shen on Wednesday June 09, 2010 @10:06AM
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Have you had a colonoscopy?
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Re:Save My Life: an update
by savemylife on Wednesday June 09, 2010 @11:27AM
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OP here. No, but many years ago I did have what I think was called a "lower GI series", where they pump you full of barium and take X-rays of your digestive tract. Yeah, that was really pleasant. I think the idea was to look for blockages. There was no biopsy taken, ever.
From the experience in my family I would say inquire about one. A family member had many blood tests for a mystery illness, some of which were ambiguous for Celiac. The only definitive tests were done via biopsy and visual inspection of the colon.
The damage was so severe that a section of colon had to be removed.