Hummer01

Thanks for your input Scott, I appreciate it. Being gluten free so far has helped so I am going to stick with it and hope for continued improvement. I remember reading about "latent celiac," where only EMA is positive, in a book someone recommended here. Wondering if that and/or early celiac (like you and trents said) is the answer.

Hi trents, thanks for the response. The 2nd opinion doctor said that if my CRP is still elevated at that time, he would advise me to look at Crohns/UC or another autoimmune issue. The colonoscopy I had this year seemed to rule those 2 out for now so he still believed celiac may explain it. No previous doctors have suggested any explanation for it even...

Hi all, just wanted to post an update. I have been gluten free for about 1.5 months now and seeing improvement already in the bathroom. Recently I had a visit with another GI doctor for a 2nd opinion. He said that while my blood tests and scope are not a "slam dunk" for celiac, he believes it's more likely than not that I have it. His advice was...

Oh yes, I figured 50g of bread would contain way less than that in gluten. I just meant to say that I tried to make my 2 daily slices count instead of 2 tiny Wonder bread slices haha. Thanks for the insight trents, I appreciate someone validating that what I'm going through isn't all in my head or something! This process has been so frustrating and...

Hi trents, thanks for the response. I started the challenge the 2nd week of April with 2 slices of sandwich bread per day (tried to get a larger loaf size, each slice weighed 50g) and continued that through April/May/June up until my scope this past week. On weekends I had extra gluten foods like noodles, cookies, etc. But couldn't tolerate much more...

Hi all, I've been experiencing some new chronic GI issues for about 2 years now and was leaning towards celiac being the answer, but now feeling very lost after a confusing diagnosis process. My symptoms have included things like severe bloating, diarrhea, mucus, abnormal colored stool, worsened depression/anxiety, etc. I had a very borderline...