new here. Scopes next week.

[girlygirl]

I posted this in response to another thread but thought I should probably be moving it to its own. I am getting scoped from above and below next week and I really have no idea if it will yield any results.

My stomach problems are life long so I never really thought too much about them...I'm just used to living with them. I've been doubled over in pain at some point every day since I was about 5...it's just me. I'm 30, 5 feet tall, and 80 pounds. I'm usually about 85 but have dropped a bit recently. I have never had a massive weight loss, but have never been able to gain weight, no matter what. My sister and dad are also very skinny (but they also have stomach issues and indigestion).

I am going for an endoscopy and colonoscopy, not because of the "normal" stomach pains but because about half a year ago I had a week of black tarry stool which they think must have been blood from my upper GI tract. I don't know what they expect to find six months later, since I have had no problems with blood since, but that is just how long it takes for the referral and appointment. Any ulcer would likely have healed but I don't want this to be a waste so I'd like him to test for celiac when he is in there, even though those aren't the symptoms I saw him about. I haven't complained about my other symptoms or mentioned them, really, because they are life long and normal to me. I don't see the doctor again before the day of my scope. When I see him it will likely be in the surgery room. Does anyone have any idea how I can spring this on him at the last minute without sounding like a hypo "oh, by the way, can you biopsy for celiac even if everything looks normal...I just have a hunch...even though it doesn't match the symptoms I told you about". I'll only get a few words if I even get to see him before drugs so I need to make them effective. Any ideas?

Also, does anyone here have IBD? Do you know if an IBD can be detected even if you are not currently in a flare?

[aklap]