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  1. majortom-thecat
    I have been strictly gluten-free since July 8 and not completely gluten-free for a couple months longer. I read these two articles about yeast bread and sourdough bread and decided to try a slice of sourdough. I don't think it was safe. I've got the sore spot in my gut that seems to flare up every time I eat bread, and a little bit of blood (or undigested...
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    Thanks! This definitely clears up some of my confusion. I'm going to ask my doctor about other possible causes of iron deficiency and stick to gluten-free until my iron level is normal, which should take about 10 months at the rate I'm going. If other probable causes are ruled out and if things are looking up, I'll assume that I have my answer. If I...
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    Thanks Skylark. I wonder how much wheat I would have to eat, or does having symptoms right now mean that there is probably enough gluten in my system for the antibodies to show up on a test? Or if I need more gluten in my system, I should probably do that before restoring my iron so that my efforts don't all go to waste. Or! I wonder if I could talk my...
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    Thanks for your input, everyone. I'm still obsessing over whether I should test/what kind of test to take. And I'm all over the place. I hope it's ok for me to ramble a little bit here Reasons to test: What it it's not gluten at all, what if it's Crohn's or diabetes or some other reason I'm not absorbing iron? What if my positive response...
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    Thanks Sue. My doctor said that the stool test was only for gluten and I didn't know there was a full blood test. I will ask my doctor about these options. Did you have to load up on gluten before you took them?
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    Interesting. I had always thought floating stool was the norm. Mine is darker and heavier when I'm not eating gluten though. I wonder if this could be a way to tell if you might have accidentally eaten gluten.
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    Thanks for the tip about red meat. I had quit eating it because I thought it was what made me constipated, but now I think that the problem was the bun that came with that hot dog or hamburger - not the meat itself. I've found that eating meat without any bread or pasta doesn't make me constipated. Also, a spoonful of peanut butter without any bread doesn...
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    Yikes. I don't think I have six weeks to spare for that, because I can't be productive and full of gluten at the same time. I don't usually notice symptoms when I eat a small amount like one cookie so I wonder if I would be ok if I practiced careful moderation. But I guess I'd better be safe than sorry right? Especially when I'm trying to get my health...
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    Thank you. This makes sense. I'm leaning toward the finger poke so that I can find out about dairy or anything else all at the same time. It would be helpful to have test results in mind at a moment of weakness, or on the other hand to know that I don't need to be so cautious, if that's the case. The elimination challenge sounds interesting, but I...
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    Oh! I thought maybe toasting it removed the gluten.
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    You can have toast?
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    Hello! I'm wondering if I should test for celiac. Here's my story: I'm a 33 year old woman with a tubal ligation. For the last few years, I've had an intermittent painful spot in the right side of my gut. I used to think it was my ovary, but an ultrasound showed no problem there. I've always tried to eat healthy - chicken, dark green vegetables...
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