Ugg! I'm once again reminded why I dislike "regular&qu

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Ugg! I'm once again reminded why I dislike "regular&qu

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Well, at least the "western medicine" Drs as my GI dr put it. Talk about close minded. About the only thing had something real to reply about was when I asked him about the molecular mimicry with a virus in Celiac Disease. At least he read and heard of this, though the part about pollysaccarides must have went right over his head.

Where in the world can I find a GI dr that is open minded. At least he's now open to bacterial overgrowth, being that my small bowel xray had some indication of it. Showing diverticula (only 2 small ones) in the duodenal area. Without this he'd probably tell me fiber and imodium again, but then he did mention fiber and imodium anyway. What a nut! Sure let's do more symptom management.

The only good thing to come of it was that I got the paperwork from my labs.

Dexa scan, good. Small bowel followthrough X-ray good except for what I mentioned. No ttg, no ema etc antibodies. Iga not deficent.

I almost canceled the appt since I feel better than I did last week, but I wanted to try one more time to talk to him and to at least get the paperwork. Which in the end probably could have been sent via mail instead.

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Mike,

Difficult medical questions are supposed to come from profs in med school, not from patients. LOL.

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It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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