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LadyLightnen

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Well I seen my doctor today and shared my theory of possible celiac disease and she agreed to have my blood tested and is having me see a specialist. In the mean time I am going to try and stop eating gluten but am afraid that I will feel good and then have to reintroduce it to my body. I don't want celiac disease but I am tired of being gassy, bloated, constipated and just plain tired. I've taken up napping again and seem to be sleeping and working thats my life....Thanks forum for letting people like me vent, its nice to have a place to go.


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If your wanting to pursue further testing (biopsy) you need to keep eating gluten. Depending how long it takes to get your specialist appointment and scheduled for biopsy if you are gluten free for a period of time it could skew the results. Or you could go back on gluten at that point for about 3 months and then do more testing, but may not show either.

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I completely agree with the theory of waiting to change diet, but I am wondering about how to cope with the upset tummy constipation fatigue etc...and of course some crazy gas all from foodjust not what kinds...Thanks for your help.

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