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I went home and checked....I should not be deficient in B-12. I take a multi plus eat plenty of healthy greens. And prior to going gluten free I at more than necessary of foritfied bread... I just hate that they don't listen or concern themselves with any thing out of the ordinary.

I made the Dr's office give copies of my recent bloodwork. Of course they had told me that everything was normal except for my WBC was elevated. It has always been elevated...I have always been given the excuse that it was because I smoked...( dont lecture I quite a month ago). But they ive me a copy cause I have to go to the hemo Dr because I have been...

Cinnamon chex has Barley Malt extract...I thought that was a no no? Or did they reformulate and I just haven't gotten the new yet? I bought a box last weekend...I too thought it was gluten free and loved it then realized it wasnt....

I thought I read somewhere that adheasives on bandaids and such have gluten in it. Is this true? I react strongly. It's not the latex, because I react to papertape and latex free bandages as well.

I am pretty sure I have DH. So sure I am not so keen on a gluten challenge so I can get a biopsy done. I will be getting a celiac panel done next week. That being said if I do have DH but no GI symptoms so far, does that mean villi damage wouldn't show up in a scope? I have only been gluten-free for about 3 or 4 weeks.... I know there are "silent...

I am still getting used to this whole glutten thing so I can't advise you too much on that. That being said elavated billirubin levels can be a problem. Having been through that with my mother. There is a little known probable autoimune disease called Primary Billalilary Chirrosis (PBC). It too is like celiacs in that it is often undiagnosed or misdiagosed...

I wasn't going to post untill I got a definitive answer, but after reading, I don't know if I trust the doctors to go in the right direction. FOR atleast 12 years I have had rashes and severe itiching on my legs. It would come and go. Always on both legs in exact same places. I would sometimes scratch untill I bled at night. It didn't matter what I did...