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So even though it appears that I can tolerate it in small amounts, you are saying I'd be better off keeping it out completely? I guess that was what I was getting at. I really hate being a hundred percent gluten free, but if that's what it takes to feel good, then I'll keep to it. I'm still not completely sure what I'm sensitive to. Could it be just...

I'm relatively new to this, but for the most part, immediate symptoms are gas and a lot of it. The other symptoms, brain drain, joint pain, fatigue don't seem to happen unless I eat quite a lot of gluten. I'm still trying to figure out where I stand on this gluten sensitive thing.

Over a year ago, I had an extreme flareup of joint pain. My knees were the worst. I was wearing braces and using a cane. I thought I had lupus or rheumatoid arthritis. I had every possible fix there could be, cortisone shots, antiinflammatories, etc. No tests came back positive, so nobody really knew what I had, and nothing helped the pain go away. ...