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There's a great article in my Sunday paper USA Weekend Magazine - check it out!

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What a great article. Thank you for sharing it.

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There's a great article in my Sunday paper USA Weekend Magazine - check it out!

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Great article :)

AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
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It's great to see an article like that in one of the mainline newspapers.

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*bookmarks it* :P

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Great to see an article in a mainstream paper !!

I emailed Dr. Mitchell thanking him for the article and explaining that over a 3 year period I had 4 Drs. (including a GI) label my symptoms as IBS and a result of stress/depression. After being being sick of feeling sick, I did research on the web - asked my Dr. for a celiac disease panel and was confirmed a celiac disease with an endoscopy. I also mentioned that many people with celiac disease have other auto immune disorders. (I'm in the process of trying to figure out why I am still ill after 1 year of being gluten-free)...so a gluten-free diet isn't always the only answer.

I asked him to please continue to talk about celiac disease in his articles - as this is a very common disease that needs more attention and awareness.

I encourage all of you to email him - if you click on the article - there's an easy link to "contact us"..and send a note to him...

I've decided to start emailing papers, medical talk shows, news media, etc, to try to bring more awareness to this disease.

take care -

Mary

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Great to see an article in a mainstream paper !!

I emailed Dr. Mitchell thanking him for the article and explaining that over a 3 year period I had 4 Drs. (including a GI) label my symptoms as IBS and a result of stress/depression. After being being sick of feeling sick, I did research on the web - asked my Dr. for a celiac disease panel and was confirmed a celiac disease with an endoscopy. I also mentioned that many people with celiac disease have other auto immune disorders. (I'm in the process of trying to figure out why I am still ill after 1 year of being gluten-free)...so a gluten-free diet isn't always the only answer.

I asked him to please continue to talk about celiac disease in his articles - as this is a very common disease that needs more attention and awareness.

I encourage all of you to email him - if you click on the article - there's an easy link to "contact us"..and send a note to him...

I've decided to start emailing papers, medical talk shows, news media, etc, to try to bring more awareness to this disease.

take care -

Mary

Let's get Oprah. Everyone listens to her.

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