i saw the surgeon on tuesday—-after spending about 1 1/2 hours in radiology getting more mammogram pictures—then an ultrasound of my breast by the tech, then the radiologist came in and looked with the ultrasound—they decided what they saw was two cysts side-by-side, so, come back next year and no worries—–until i got to the surgeon’s office. he said i had another ring, probably a hereditary thing that i might continue to get and even if my reflux is treated. then, he looked at the biopsy report and said that it indicated celiac disease.
my last blood test was clear, but that was over a year ago. the surgeon was hesitant to say that i had celiac disease, and the terminology that was used in the biopsy report is totally different than the terms i have normally seen used with celiac disease. i’m not sure what to think since i read that the use of NSAIDs can cause similar changes in the duodenul bulb, which is where the biopsy was taken. he took another biopsy lower down, but did not get enough tissue for diagnosis. he really should have taken more biposies—he only took 3, each from 3 different places. i don’t think he really knows that much about celiac disease—but at least he is a good surgeon!
i tried to call the kids’ GI to see what he could tell me, but they were out of the office. i have an appt. with my gyno on the 31st. i can have him run the blood test for me to see if it shows anything. i’ve had enough stress the last year that i guess it could have activated my celiac gene—-i really hope not, but not much i can do about it.
just another adventure in our never dull lives!!
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