At Thu, 22 Aug 2002, clare wrote:
> >Dear Shawna: > >I am familiar with Great Smokey Labs, and yes, they are in beautiful >Tennessee. I think this is the proper url >http://www.gsdl.com > >I'm not sure of the spelling of the bacteria that he would be testing >for, but it might be closer in spelling to acidophillis. I wasn't aware >that there is a blood test for checking the levels (I thought stool test >only), but I'm honestly not that versed in this. I do hope that the >above url is correct, and that you can find the malabsorption answers by >visiting the site. > >Best wishes, > >Clare, I just received your message and thank you for responding so quickly, I will be looking on line now and will let you know if this is correct or not. How do you know about these labs, if I could ask? Shawna F.-- >Clare > >At Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Shawna French wrote: >> >>Talked with my last surgeon in Calf. yoday , I only got 10 minutes of >>his time. I told him I feel I am malabsorbing in upper G.I. area have >>been for quite some time but no Drs. can find out what it is. He >>quickly mentioned this test called an upper G.I. blood panel (this >>might not be spelled right) Asodopolas,?? He said alot of Drs. do not >>know about this to test for it , unless they are well versed in it. >>Something about the test is run at the The Great Smokey labs???? I am >>assuming this is in Tenn? >>I had an episode where my legs charlie horsed recently for 31 hours and >>I know this is due to my adhesions plus the fact my right intestinal >>area does the same thing and didn't associate the 2 until my legs did >>this, and they are threating to reoccure nightly. Going to new primary >>Dr. Fri and need to guide her somehow so I can get better care. Please >>anyone having this problem and knows what it is or can guide me, I would >>deeply appriciate it, or as to what the test is, once again, had to work >>through another obstruction, also am tired as you all are of Dr.s that >>don't care or get too overwhelmed to deal with our cases. >