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One more thing! Check what vitamins and mineral your body needs, and make sure you take them in a way that increases absorption. Your body will need them to repair itself. For example, I am low on iron, D, B12, and folic acid, but I can't take my iron and D at the same time because D blocks the body from absorbing iron, so I have to space them out by a few...

I started having joint and muscle pain this past year, and it became extreme. I had paralyzing pain, swelling, and stiffness in almost every joint and muscle in my body. At 29, I went from perfectly fine to practically crippled and in excruciating pain within a matter of weeks. I went from jogging 5 miles a day to barely being able to dress myself. What followed...

Thanks for the reply! I took the blood test only a couple days after going gluten free, so I think they'll be alright. And as for the endoscopy, I already told the doc that I'll be gluten free for 2 weeks by that point, and she said that would be okay (as opposed to 5 or 6 weeks, which would mess up the results).

I am in the process of getting a diagnosis (waiting for blood test results, endoscopy in a few days), and thankfully the doctors I am seeing are responsive to my celiac theory. (We've ruled out Lyme and a few other possibilities.) I don't have digestive symptoms, but I do have/have had during this taxing summer: elevated CRP, low B12 and D3, mild anemia...