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1. 51 minutes ago - trents replied to Shining My Light's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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  @Shining My Light, I am not a doctor or a trained medical professional of any kind. However, I was a hospital chaplain for many years and sat in on countless numbers of medical team meetings with doctors and nurses discussing the medical issues of their patients as well as tests administered and interventions applied. What I can tell you is that many diseases...
  
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2. 1 hour ago - Shining My Light replied to Shining My Light's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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  @trents I do like the idea of the shake! yes. I was expecting to have all my blood tests that were celiac related to be positive. I guess I’m confused about why they wouldn’t be. Nothing else in my blood work even gave a clue as to helping me either. All my vitamins were good other than D and that’s everyone in my state. @RMJ how impre...
3. 1 hour ago - RMJ replied to Shining My Light's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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  I can’t imagine eating 4-6 slices of bread per day, either. You just need wheat, it doesn’t have to be bread and it doesn’t have to whole wheat. If a piece of cake or a doughnut is about the same size as a slice of bread it’s probably roughly equivalent. Or you could do what Trents suggests and just buy powdered gluten. Gliadin X can help by “digest...
4. 2 hours ago - trents replied to Shining My Light's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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  @Shining My Light, what do you mean when you say "the blood test not being 100%"? Were you expecting all possible celiac blood antibody tests to be positive in the case of someone who actually does have celiac disease? That seldom, if ever, happens. You are gauging too much on how you feel when you consume gluten and not paying enough attention to test...
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