My dad wants to believe I have celiac disease

It's been over three years since I was diagnosed, and he's been trying this for a long time - trying to persuade me to think I have celiac disease. I was diagnosed when I had appendicitis, and they could easily see my stricture on film and see my fat-covered terminal ileum as I laid on the operating table.

Celiac disease, I believe, affects the little appendages in the small intestine - those appendages absorb nutrients. Something like an allergic reaction develops to food with gluten. It's likely autoimmune similar to Crohn's disease.

I don't know how I can help him understand that it's Crohn's disease. His wife (my stepmom) had celiac disease, btw. How much does a celiac disease test cost and what does it entail? I don't want to have any more tests for my Crohn's, considering I drank enough cement for a lifetime and have had enough of anal probes.

I understand your frustration. My Mo.ther was in denial for quite some time after I was diagnosed. She would come up with all kinds of crack-pot ideas for me to try..because so-and-so's brother's sister-in-law's cousin had done this, this, or that, and it cured him. Or maybe you are lactose intolerant. (Gah! I *love* my milk!) Maybe you don't even have Crohn's, maybe it's *this* ? condition. Maybe if you eat *this* way or try *this* specific diet regimen. How about drinking Noni or Aloe or whatever the drink-du-jour was.
...and on and on it went. Ad nauseum! 0_o
(M.om does medical billing for Kaiser and she was running *every* conceivable ailment by me...)
I had a very difficult time telling her CD is *not* brought on by food problems. It doesn't matter WHAT I eat, I WILL have problems if my intestines are inflamed. Period. ...and I could not have celiac or lactose problems because my GI Specialist (after I told her of my Mo.ther's concerns) advised my symptoms and problems would be much, *much* worse than what I was currently experiencing.

Pa.rents, you gotta love them, but I find the way they express their love/concern is sometimes aggravating. They are just trying to help.
heidi

*edit*  For some reason, some of the words in my post (mother, mom and parents) were showing up green with underlines and if I scrolled over them, an annoying little pop-up window advertisement came up with a little kid and a cartoon bear in a mirror...for a toothpaste...  I hope I've made the changes to stop that.

Anyone know why that happened? heidi

CARP!  They're *still* there!  ...off to make more changes...

Ninja, I have a question about your initial post. You said they could see your stricture and "fat-covered terminal ileum as I laid on the operating table." Does this mean you had surgery for appendicitis and/or resection of the terminal ileum?

The reason I am asking is that I just had a colon resection and the operative report said the ileum appeared to have some creeping fat but he did not remove that section at this time.

Thank you.

Bammer, I had an appendectomy, and have never had my bowels resectioned. There was creeping fat around the terminal ileum.