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My doctor actually suggested I just go with the diet and forgo the testing (unless I really wanted to be scoped)... if I feel better then I can just keep it up! So unless you really need that formal diagnosis (some people have mentioned it would allow them to use FMLA time) don't worry about it and go for the diet!! Personally- my biggest problem with...

Roda, yes, my kids eat gluten filled snacks and I fix them something different at dinner from myself (usually we share the main protein dish but then I fix them a pasta or cheesey potato side or something like that, or put butter on their veggies and then I fix myself something different). I try to wash my hands a lot. I also did replace my toaster and...

I am so discouraged right now. I have been eating gluten and dairy free (and coffee free which is harder to give up than EVERYTHING else) for about 4 weeks now and after about 2.5 weeks I was finally feeling better for many days in a row and then suddenly I feel terrible again. Gassy, crampy, bloated and I cannot find what I did to cause it. The more...

Thanks for responding, everyone!! I have decided to stick with the diet for now because as one person mentioned- I was NOT really doing the diet properly! I bought a new toaster, and am avoiding cross-contamination. I have eliminated dairy AND coffee as well and lo-and-behold, I am feeling better the last few days (haven't had a good day in a long...

I am very new here and still in the early stages of being diagnosed, but I did go and see a nutritionist/dietician last week and she said it can take up to 6 months to feel better if you are a Celiac!! She said she has known many people for whom it took 2 months to feel noticiably better most of the time! My understanding from what both she and my doctor...

Well, my doctor started me with the diet FIRST and feels that if that helps me there is no need to do the rest... so certainly there are a lot of ways to figure this out!

FYI the roast beef is NOT gluten free and neither is their cheese. I did have one from there and was very pleased to note that they seem to have been trained very well! She changed her gloves and went down the line holding the paper liner off the counter so that there was no chance it would cross-contaminate. Of course, there is bread everywhere so if...

After some other testing to try to find the source of what is wrong with me (symptoms consistent with everyone else here) I finally suggested the possibility it might be gluten related. I emailed my doc and this was her response: "I would try changing you diet to see if you have relief. It is true that if you go on a gluten free diet that it can alter...