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Things are moving more quickly than I thought they might. I just started glutening myself two days ago, and I got a call this morning on an appointment with the GI specialist. It is in 3 1/2 weeks and is a "consultation" so I am assuming will just be a review of my medical history, symptoms and previous testing to decide what to do next. However, I am okay with it...gives me a chance to keep glutening myself with hopefully enough time for more symptoms and reactions to be noticeable. I am continuning to keep my food/symptom journal and will take that with me.

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I am pretty sure I can handle a month or two of the diet. When testing is done, regardless of outcome, I am taking gluten out of my diet. I feel so much better without it, so regardless of diagnosis I will cut it out. Why then am I subjecting myself to all of this, one might ask? I have thought about it and there are a few reasons. I think the more diagnosis there is, the more it helps educate others (including the medical experts) about the wide range of symptoms that are out there. I think my family doctor is somewhat skeptical and it may open her eyes and make her think about it as a diagnosis for others that she might initially discount. My son is ADHD and I have read that it can be related to celiac (In "Dangerous Grains" the doctors recommend that any child being considered for an ADHD diagnosis be screened for celiac or gluten intolerance). He is getting of the age where unless there is a medical diagnosis, he will cheat. If I am positive, I will follow up on getting him tested (I might anyways) My husband is also not likely to support a signficant dietary change unless there is medical proof, sad as it is to admit. Others in my family are reluctant to test unless I have a confirmed diagnosis, although some do show symptoms. Then there is also that nagging little part of me that wants to know (I guess that is the selfish bit).

So, I will carry on....