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Kerasita

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  1. Thanks Shannon I had my kids tested last week (blood) and will probably get the results this Tuesday coming I think. I'm terrified Both that it may be positive and also that it may be negative (but falsely negative if you know what I mean). I need proof too. I didn't know there was a genetic blood test? I thought they only tested for antibodies...
  2. Thank you for that, much appreciated.
  3. Of course...duh!! It's been a long day...can you tell.....lol I find this whole testing thing so confusing. So are there varying levels of genetic predisposition? What I mean is, can some people have genes that suggest a mild intolerance to gluten but don't really need to stop eating gluten, and others who have really clear cut results that suggest...
  4. Thanks Is the genetic testing you're talking about a blood test? Or is there another way? Don't really want to have the blood test because I don't want to start eating gluten again. I can't seem to make a decision about which way to go with the testing!! Or to have it at all...
  5. LOL I have been called "that" name too! I would just like to know how trying, as best you can, to ensure your kids (and yourself) have a healthy future is bad or over the top?? I got into a heated discussion about this topic the other day with two friends banging on about how people they knew ate organic, didn't drink/smoke etc and died of brain tumors...
  6. Thanks Shannon I guess because our symptoms are relatively 'non-typical' when it comes to whether or not we're gluten intolerant, it makes it so much harder - there is no explsive diarrhea, no stomach pain, bowel issues to speak of, for my 10 year old sun his symptoms (if they are 'symptoms' at all, are all neurological. And me, I don't really...
  7. Thanks CSU. This is so confusing...I usually think I have a reasonable amount of intelligence but I am struggling big time to get my head around this one!! (I suspect I'm not the only one, going by how often this topic is discussed!! ) So...would it be safe to say, if you just isolate the swab for the genetic test, that if you test positive there,...
  8. Thanks so much, that clears it up for me very well! I actually emailed Enterolab, and they do deal with international patients, I've just got to get the sample back to them via FedEx (which, of course, will be extortionately expensive, but I don't really think I have a choice because it literally has to get from Sydney to Texas overnight). I really don...
  9. I am aware there is no "cure all", I am just wondering if my symptoms are too "off the radar" to be classed as celiac symptoms. I have spent many, many hours with doctors in the last ten years trying to figure out what is going on and unfortunately they don't have the answers, just want to give me/us drugs that only mask symptoms, rather than get to the...
  10. Me again. I swear this is the last question!! So...if you have ANY sort of gluten sensitivity, it will show up in a blood test as a genetic anomaly? Is that how it works? And that is different than testing for antibodies or whatever that come up after consuming gluten foods? Thanks so much for your help
  11. Thanks so much for the quick reply Mushroom, much appreciated. Is there a general consensus on which testing is more accurate? Because I've been doing' the candida diet, I haven't been eating wheat and am kind of reluctant to start eating it again to do the blood test. Do you think bloods are better/more accurate a means of diagnosing? Or is the...
  12. Hello, This is my first post.....I am in the midst of trying to figure out what myself (and my family) are intolerant to and have suspected for a while gluten issues might be the problem. I have had vague stomach issues now and then (odd cramps, bouts of loose stools - sorry TMI) but nothing anywhere near incapacitating or even annoying. I do have the...
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