Enterolab

[mjbonsais]

Dr. Fine is a spiritual person and he requires making money like the rest of us. However, he is dedicated to his pursuits and it shouldn't be too much longer before his work is published.

I have Microscopic Colitis as well and belong to another message board specifically geared to this disease/disorder. MC shares the same gene as celiac disease and that alone speaks volumes to me. I am sure many of you have perused his site and you can see for yourselves his journey on his patent is not an easy one, especially in the medical community. My skepticism is nil as far as enterolab is concerned. Many of us have used the enterolab tests and are feeling so much better because of this testing facility.

My own allergist (who happens to be president of board of physicians here in Broward, Florida), pcp and gastro doc are seeing the light that Dr. Fine is radiating. Unfortunately, there can be some jealousy among colleagues and constituents of the medical field and it takes pride to admit that there is the possibility of another venue to finalize a diagnosis than the mainstream of endoscopy and blood panels. Those latter are appropriate for many for proper dx but didn't work for me. Not only that, but if you have been gluten-free then with endocopy and blood work up you should be eating a regular gluten diet to attain a positive if it is to show. The stool sample shows anitbodies for a much longer period (two years or more) and you don't have to be on a regular diet for gluten sensitivity to show. I don't feel it makes sense for an individual who is gluten-free to start back on a regular diet for the sake of testing - it is archaic.

Also, if gluten-free dieting is not enough to relieve your symptoms, you should be trying an elimination diet on the main culprits of casein (all milk), eggs, yeast, soy, corn and possibly food additives and preservatives. Get into juicing and natural foods. This is the road that is less traveled these days but not archaic at all to me now!

Mary Jo

[Guest barbara3675]

Hopefully, soon, Dr. Fine and his work will be recognized and used widely as the standard tests for detecting celiac and the intolerances that are with it. I believe that it will. Until then, it is an uphill battle for each person to fine the proper doctor that really knows something about celiac disease. Barbara

[skbird]

Hi Mary Jo! Nice to see you over here!

I agree. Dr. Fine is doing a lot to help people understand their conditions and how to improve through diet. I think the argument that the reason it seems there are so many positive test results reported on boards like this one is that people are already having many of the symptoms associated wtih this disease. Meaning most people don't just decide to get tested of their own accord unless they have seen improvement eliminating gluten.

What I like about Dr. Fine is that a couple of months after getting my test results, I had some questions for him and emailed and got a response from him. I don't even have that good of communication with my own doctor.

Anyway, welcome!

Stephanie