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Hi again : ) I cancelled the colonoscopy for now, but thinking of rescheduling even though I am not going to go through 3 months of wheat exposure. I just got my last blood test results back and two things stood out: A quite low ferritin of 17 (this keeps showing up - even though iron levels are ok) and gliadin antibodies (IGA) of 11, out of range...

Thank you tarna and raven. Wow, Raven you've sure gone through a lot of suffering, sounds like much of it from celiac. Sorry to hear that. Was your mother's the celiac cancer in the colon? My symptoms are not that dramatic, but I still don't want to go through 3 months and then still get a false negative. I talked to the celiac organization today and...

Hello. I have suspected celiac or at least a wheat intolerance for many years. Past celiac blood tests are always negative but that may be due to me avoiding wheat/gluten fairly diligently. I am scheduled to get both celiac blood tests and a colonoscopy in late October. Question: what is the minimum amount of time I have to eat wheat products before...