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From: "mikej253" <mikej253@yahoo.com> Date: Mon Aug 1, 2005 6:28 am Subject: PER: getting tested for gluten intolerance/celiac disease mikej253 Offline Send Emailapparently there is not a classic set of celiac disease symptoms, insteadindividuals exhibita subset of various possibilities, some vague. I exhibit a classic case of thisvaguepossibility. I'm not going to pin all my hopes on my prblems being wheat relatedbut ibeleive worth a go considering that:- my ideopathic gp has just gradually got worse over a period of 15yrs or so,prior to thati felt fairly normal although a little sensetive to certain foods. (maybe slowlylosing mysmall intestine functioning)- got hormonal disturbances- low bone density- history of constipation- always been thindoing a rather expensive mail order test from www.enterolab.comi don't seem to react badly to wheat, i like wheat products, although i do haveproblemswith wheat/protein combos. i've started reducing but not eliminating wheat frommy dietin anticipation of completely eradicating it in a trial.i recently increased my enzyme intake and that seems to help - apperently lowpancreaticfunction is another possible symptom of celiac disease. but really this investigation isjust a stab inthe darksent off for the test on fri. should arrive soon, i then air freight it back toTX and wait a fewweeks for results.cheers,Mike