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Hallie Davis

I am a retired Doctor of Optometry after practicing for 20 years. I have monoclonal gammopathy (paraproteinemia), Lupus-CREST overlap syndrome, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, obstructive sleep apnea, beginning neuropathy, and have just been found to have the celiac gene: DQ8.

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Having gone gluten-free I, like many of you, have been struggling with gluten-free baking challenges. I began with pancakes. My first pancakes, made with a popular mix, were not the light, fluffy things that I remembered. My son compared them to hockey pucks. They got eaten, but were not a favorite..
A couple of research articles by other researchers are discussed, with emphasis on the significance to both the celiac and paraprotein patient populations. A proposal is made that celiac patients be routinely tested for paraproteinemia, and patients with pararproteinemia also be tested for celiac disease. In addition there is a call for more intensified research into this link between celiac disease and paraproteinemia.