notme45

Biopsy is the gold standard, so yes you almost certainly have Celiac disease.

My diagnosis happened in a way that is similar to yours. I had an endoscopy because of acid reflux.  The doctor saw signs of Celiac in my intestines and took biopsies. My villi were almost completely flattened, but I never had any symptoms.  Like you I was a silent Celiac and like you I sometimes question the diagnosis because of my lack of symptoms. 

I have been gluten free for over two years.  I still have acid reflux.  To my knowledge acid reflux isn't a symptom of Celiac disease.  

What we really need is more silent Celiacs like yourself to get diagnosed.  The more of us that there are the more it will be easier to eat in restaurants and socialize with friends without having to explain your diet. 

I can understand how dating would be difficult at your age, but there are plenty of vegans who manage to find partners and I'd think it would be harder to date a vegan then it would be to date a Celiac.  

I'm sorry to hear that the podcast is gone.  I miss it.

I have a few thoughts...

I wonder if it might have been possible to do some cross promotion with other celiac related media.  For example, a celiac related magazine provides you with free advertisement and then you provide them with free advertisement.  Perhaps the Celiac Disease Foundation might want to make an announcement on the podcast in exchange for recognizing the podcast in their newsletter.  The podcast then grows in popularity and then it is easier to sell advertising to other parties. 

I seem to recall that the Celiac Maniac podcast had sponsors.  I think that Nadine Grzeskowiak, (Gluten free nurse) was one of them. 

Unfortunately it seems that Celiac related podcasts seem to last for a few years and then go away.

I'm married now, but when I was single I made too big a deal out of things that I thought would bother potential girlfriends.  Once I was in a relationship I realized that the things that I worried about didn't bother other people as much as it bothered me.

Now that we are a couple, my wife has shared some of the insecurities that she had while dating. Her insecurities and the faults that she found with herself were things that REALLY worried her.   She now laughs about these things

Try not to worry about what potential mates will think about the gluten thing.  It isn't nearly as big a deal to other people as it is to you. 

One of the things that you could tell your potential date is that you shouldn't share a straw if he has eaten gluten and hasn't brushed his teeth.  Perhaps this will be a gentle way of saying to be careful about kissing you on the mouth.

I have one more thought and I hope I'm not being out of line, but there are other PG rated places to kiss someone other than the lips.  He can kiss your cheek, neck, and ears.  You might be surprised how nice it is to be kissed in some of these other PG places.  

I talked to my dietitian (who also has Celiac disease) about whether I should avoid foods that are made on shared equipment.  She told me that she does not avoid foods made on shared equipment.  Her rationale is that the fact that the company gave you a warning shows that they are at least aware of the problem.  If you instead buy the item from another manufacturer there is no guarantee that the other manufacturer might have the same problem, but might not be warning you about it.

It is totally normal, industry standard, for subscriptions to be officially based on number of publications, not length of time. Hence the wording $xx/yr (6 issues). Not disagreeing they should have handled it better, just noting that it's very normal for the number of issues to be the key factor in price, not length of time.

The latest renewal/expiration letter that I received from Gluten Free Living says nothing about the number of issues.  The letter just gives me an option for 1 year or two years.  I suspect that my previous renewal also said nothing about the number of issues.