Gluten challenge, how to ease the pain?

[Lilyofthevaley]

After years of feeling unwell I decided to go gluten free for 12 days and it helped me a lot. The intestinal issues were almost non existent. 
Now I had to go back to gluten for 2 weeks as the doctor asked me to make my blood tests. I have 9 more days to go and I feel so miserable.

The pains in my back are killing me and the sharp random pains on my tummy came back again, not to mention the several trips to the toilet and no energy.

Is there something I can do to ease the pain?

[Scott Adams]

Welcome to the forum, and I'm sorry to hear you're feeling badly on a gluten-challenge.

I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that you've clearly linked your symptoms with eating gluten, so you're half way there. The bad news is that for a celiac disease blood test to be accurate you need to be eating around 2 slices of wheat bread per day for about 6-8 weeks, at least according to the Mayo clinic and most experts, and 2 weeks before an endoscopy/biopsy, which your doctor my order if you have a positive blood test:

 You may wish to contact your doctor and discuss this with them, as it would be a big waste of time and suffering if you don't get this right the first time.

Last, keep in mind that there is something called non-celiac gluten sensitivity, which around 10x more people than celiac disease have, and unfortunately there is no test yet for it. So, if you end up with a negative test for celiac disease, it sounds like you likely have NCGS.