That's pretty typical for getting blood taken...depending on the person and the amount they take, skill of the person sticking you, etc. Don't know what to say about the red lines on the other bruise.

Given that the doctor doesn't supect celiac then it's probably true he can't justify testing for it. But despite that it doesn't sound like your digestive complaints have been taken seriously. This is par for the course. Not everything will show up on blood work but a lot of times after not finding anything on a simple panel your complaints will be dismissed.

From what you've described you definitely have some issues. It isn't exactly normal to have massive disgestive disturbance just cuz you eat a sub or something. Whether it's something seriously wrong or you just need to work on your digestive health may be unknown but the doc should take it more seriously. Maybe you need an endoscopic examintation or something...who knows?

The problem is it doesn't sound like they've bothered to rule out any obvious things. Meaning there are going to be certain simple first steps, based on your symptoms, that your insurance would cover. And if that doesn't show up anything further tests may then be covered. Unless you have really crappy insurance. You'll have to be more assertive and complain more if nothing improves.

On the bruising I wouldn't worry about it unless you get a lot more.

Your young so there are a lot of conditions that people automatically rule out or assume as very unlikely. That does not mean that they don't happen.

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.