The Blood Tests Are Back

[crittermom]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share our joy. Katharine had her GI checkup in June. Her Ttg's came back at 85. I was amazed as I thought we were doing great. But obviously not. She hadn't had her rash or weird bm's or anything but they were up none the less. So here we go again on the hunt for hidden gluten.

I made 2 changes as far as food goes as everything else was gluten free printed on the packages or whole foods that we were using. I stopped using Kraft cheese as they won't garuntee gluten free, they just say the mark it clearly on the label. Now I use wal mart singles and walmart brick cheese which state they are gluten free on the package. And we no longer use Nestle tollhouse chocolate chips. We use good for life. With those 2 changes and having our house 100% gluten-free her numbers went from 85 to 56 in about 6 weeks! I am not sure which one did the trick, but it did. Hooray! I know we still have a ways to go to get under 20 but I am so happy we have made a break through! We are having the tests run again in a couple of months that way if they go above 56 we will know something is happening at school. First grade this year and a whole new ball game with the cafeteria, should be fun...

Wish us luck!

Thanks for reading and sharing our success with me!

[April in KC]

That's great - I hope they keep going down. I have had my own experiences with elevated AGA-IGA after a year gluten free...made me want to send everything in my house off to a lab to be tested for gluten, lol. Thanks for posting your experiences and what you changed.

[April in KC]

BTW, I have had some trouble (slight) with Kraft shredded cheese. Since they don't have any wheat labeled, I have assumed this was because of corn (I have symptoms with both). Maybe not...