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Thanks guys. I don't do the cooking in my house. For the time being I still live with my Parents, and Mum is the cook. Gluten seems to be in everything. And Mum and Dad shouldn't have to go gluten free, and I don't expect them to. That leaves me with sorting out ALL of my own food and cooking processes. On a jobless student's budget. I can hardly afford...

Well my thinking is that an intolerance means I can actually tolerate a little bit of gluten, where coeliac disease means I can't. Finding it extremely hard to eat 100% gluten free to be honest. I don't have the money. And even with focusing on eating gluten free I accidentally ate at least 2 things today that had gluten in them. Cutting way back...

Thanks heaps guys. For the moment, due to (mainly money) constraints, I'm unable to be strict about this. I've certainly cut it way back though wherever possible. (I had a pretty terrible gluten intensive weekend away while camping). Now I'm back in the normal world again I can start focusing on learning and progressing. I'm certainly not looking forward...

How will I know when my body starts to improve if I don't show symptoms? How long will it take for any existing damage to repair itself? Once everything is fixed (ie, no gluten then no anti-bodies attacking, damage repaired), can even one bread crumb undo all the hard work? Or will my body be able to process SOME gluten? What is likely to happen...

I just received results from tests that say I have Coeliac disease. And I'm left feeling mighty confused. I've been trying to research and seek answers to my questions, but I think its just making me MORE confused. And knowing the great power of internet forums, here I am. I do apologise if I ask questions that should have obvious answers, but I really just...