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woolwhippet

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  1. I am considering ordering the tests from enterolab. I am wondering if anyone had negative blood test and a positive enterolab result. I am also wondering which test I really need. Is it worth it to do the full gene/gluten/dairy or ??? Thanks!
  2. Thanks again. I am struggling with the dairy thing--you are right, it's eveywhere!
  3. Thanks--this is very good advice esp about how to introduce gluten. I honestly was ready to do the pizza thing. I notice that many here that many people are gluten free regardless of test results. I find this very inspiring and reassuring. Lenore
  4. HA! That made me laugh!
  5. Well, my blood work shows that gluten is supposedly not the cause of my illness (my result was 5 and positive was greater than 20 and apparently the test is 97% accurate). I was SO positive it was gluten because I responded so well to the diet (butt rash cleared up, no brain fog, and NORMAL BMs). The doctor suggested it may be dairy I am reacting to....
  6. Thanks again everyone. I think tht when I eat gluten my mind goes into overdrive as well!
  7. Thank you so much. Those were the words I needed to hear.
  8. I am doing great on the diet and have had fun cooking up new foods but sometimes I still question my diagnosis. For example, yesterday I had myself convinced that a little bit of gluten would be fine. So I ate a lovely steaming hot maple breakfast sausage. Now today I am paying the price. One sausage made me sick and now I am realizing the depth and...
  9. YES! This is very true for me. This period coming up will be my first 100% gluten-free. I am curious to see if symptoms reappear to the same degree. Lenore
  10. I did it. I finally cleared all gluten from my diet. No soy sauce, salad dressings etc. Today I was rewarded with my first normal (as is solid) bm since before summer. I still can't tolerate milk or citrus in any great quantity. I can't tell you how happy I am to feel well after so many months of feeling so tired and so depleted. I will not have test...
  11. Funny you should say that about beans because that's what I have discovered too. Beans, peas, citrus fruit, and dairy still send me running with the big "d". I was starting to doubt that gluten is the problem and had almost convinced myself that I had a legume, citrus, and dairy intolerance instead! I don't have my test results back yet so I am playing these...
  12. Thanks all. As usual, excellent advice. I can't wait to have that needle in my arm tommorow!
  13. Excel spreadsheets! I love it! Lenore
  14. Last week I swore I as gluten intolerant because after feeling terrible for months I went gluten light and felt great. However, my biggest symptom (loose, bulky, greasy stools alternating with watery ones 2 to 5 times per day) only improved in that the watery ones stopped. BUT I knew I was getting some gluten in trace amouts so I thought that was the cause...
  15. Hi everyone, thanks for the welocme and for taking time to answer my questions. I am releived to hear about the joint pain easing up once off gluten--it's so tiresome! So, do I need to ask my doctor for the blood panel and a refferal to a dermatologist? If the blood work comes back positive can I skip the biopsy? I am in Canada and have been told there...
  16. Hi, I am 35 years old and I can't believe I am here. Since last August I have experienced what I now know is malabsorption ("D" about three or four + times per day). I was also tired and irritable. I kept thinking it was coffee. Then I finally gave up caffine altogether and I realized I was wrong because the "D" never stopped. Then I gave up milk. Then...
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