TombRaiderShan

Thank you all for your concern! I told her to get checked for B12 deficiency. She has taken Lame Advertisement all of her adult life, so she always has vitamins on hand and she keeps them on the table so she doesn't forget. @finally diagnosed: That is interesting you say UTI. She just told me that her GP told her she has pus in her urine. She told...

Thank you for your responses. I appreciate your help, as you all have a lot of experience with celiac. Now to find a way to get her tested..

Hi! I haven't been around for a while but I have a very big problem with my Mom now. My Mom was diagnosed with celiac two years ago and has been on a gluten free diet all that time (with the very occasional accidental minute gluten ingestion). She is 65 years old. For the last year, she has been showing signs of Alzheimer's disease (I have checked the...

Thank you, everyone for your kind words. @mushroom: That makes me feel better regarding the fact that many folks are self-diagnosed, because a part of me felt like I might get chastised here for not seeking out a doc to test me. I appreciate how supportive everyone is!!

Hi again, happygirl, I live in the middle of Nebraska. I was a bit skeptical as well when he made that claim, since there is a good size hospital only 20 miles away. I don't think it would be prudent to get a blood test now because I have been eating gluten-free for about 2 months, so I would probably get a negative. If the blood test is negative, no doc...

Wow! What an interesting article, thank you! I had no idea that so many celiacs are overweight at diagnosis. I found it interesting how the article stated that doctors will refuse to test overweight patients, since that is what happened to me. I could have just gone on feeling horrible and continued to decline healthwise.

Hi everyone, I am new to all of this. My story actually begins with my mom. For years she had digestive problems, but everything was going severely downhill early last year. She finally had her gall bladder out, but still wasn't well. Finally, she had the blood test, then the endoscopy which determined she had flat villi. She also dropped down from...