MarkO

My sister is very strict when it comes to her gluten free diet. Me, not so much, although I have weened myself from beer and even products like Doritos, Hot fries and other snacks that are made of corn, but contain wheat, or modified food starch in the flavored coatings. But I must admit that I don't get the reactions of other Celiacs... as if I have a higher...

Ugggh, Popped into an Asian restaurant yesterday for lunch. Was pressured to order quick (when I asked them to give me a minute, the waitress returned in exactly 60 seconds) Anyway, 60 seconds barely got me through 1/4 of the 400 item menu. So I chose the Buddha's Delight. Sounded like veggies, tofu in a sauce. Now mind you I've never been officially...

There's no way I'm going to eat a couple slices of bread the next few months. Never hear of the stool test, but that may be an option. I'll have to discuss that one with my doctor. Other than the symptoms, I'm mostly western european and mostly Irish. Plus my sister is Celiac. So there's probably a decent chance I'd come back with the gene(s) for a...

Going <mostly> gluten free has been my approach for the past 6 months or so. Since then I've only occasionally had symptoms. Maybe 2 days a week. But I never really put one and one together and looked at ingredients and still had bread on occasion like with a burger. But I told the doc I <think> I might have it and she put the order for the test...

Hi all, Great informative site. Anyhow, I've been doing a lot of reading, but now I'm confused more than ever. I just got my results back from the doc and she says everything looks fine (TRANSGLUTAMINASE AB (IGA) < 20, IMMUNOGLOBULIN A = 475). Yet when I eat foods containing wheat I get the typical celiac reactions bloated, light cramps, mucousy...