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Monica, If you do not feel well fter glutenthen celiac disease may indeed be the cause. For me it is a little different. I get the bloating, diarrhea etc. no matter whether it is gluten or non-gluten food that I eat. Yes, as I said, I ate gluten foods for all those seven months and the 'good' news (if you can call it that) is that I felt no different than...

It's OK. Statements made over this medium can sometimes give false impressions. Regarding your question I do suffer from bloating. On its own it's not too bad but, as is sometimes the case, the bloating occurs in the evening time. The temporary non-diegestion of food makes the blood glucose level fall (in a diabetic, I mean) because the food anticipated by...

Yes, I was thinking about Lapps who, I had heard used to have diet og fish, reindeer mwet, berries in summer. I other words, no gluten. I'm sure that has all changed in recent years but the cited article was for 16 years ago for a patient for whom the data would have been collected years prior to that. Tanks for your comments. Andrew

Where do you see hostility? I think you might need to review the messages - all of them to get the background. Anyhow, I 'm sorry to hear you're having difficulties. It sounds like a possible sensitivity you may have. There are tests to isolate a variety of foods but it is a lengthy business. But you may be lucky. At least it's worth a try. If you believe...

I have recived the same message. It showed up in a different format here, overriding all other messages. Can Celiac.com junk mail software not cull out these items? Andrew

Thank you for suggesting me to read this article. I had seen it already. It did not sway my conclusions on the subject. Sure, a Finn boy sixteen years ago, after returning to a glutenous diet provided a negative biopsy up to five years later. I don't think that proves anything. There are plenty of people who live in countries (including Finland) where consmption...

\ Yes, I have been tested (two weeks ago) for colitis (including the types indicated). This was also done 8 monthsago. Absolutely no signs. Chron's disease has not yet been tested for. Of much higher probabilities are bacteria (one type was found that might be contributory but we shall see) or a long-term diabetic condition known as Gastroparesis - nasty...

Thank you, MaryAnn for a pleasant reply. I fully ascribe to what you are saying. Most people here do try to be helpful to each other but avoidance of reality checks is not being helpful. I recall being told here before I decided I had to get off gluten-free to get endoscopy done that one month to wait would be OK. Then it was 2 months, then 3. So, I gritted...

Thank you all for the replies. They were not what I had expected. You seem to think that just because of genetic factor and chemical tests (full battery of them by two doctors), little to no improvemennt under a gluten-free diet, followed by 7 months of a full gluten diet, followed by recent surgical biopsies, that I may still have celiac disease or, as a...

It is good to be back here again! Last time, June last year, it was all gloom and doom. In May tests for celiac disease were all negative even though genetic indicators and Type 1 diabetes since a teenager made me highly disposed. There was nothing else for it but to go back to a full gluten diet. I did this for over 7 months to make sure the results of endoscopic...

Well, The problem is worse than getting things lost. Getting things lost is just when the problems are seen. But, what percentage of cases are mishandled or mixed up internally? We will never know. I have had another experience of late with this lab. They had to do special tests, not commonly done for my blood analysis (nothing to do with all the typical...

Dear All, The lab that did my initial stool testing now says 10 weeks later that they lost the results! The lab is a well-known nationwide corporation - LabCorp. I have called for the results every week after the first and they said they were still working on it. Now they admit that they lost them. The trouble is not simply redoing them - I was on gluten...

You may indeed not be celiac. There are other ways that similar (intestinal and neural) symptoms can occur. You mentioned the vertebra. I'd suggest you look there. Having problems in the upper vertebra (cervical section) is well-known to be a cause of pain in the arms, shoulders adnd hands. But it also affects the neural system in the stomach, leading to...

I think you made the better choice Steve, even if it's not an open and shut case. As long as the reactions are not violent, which they do not seem to have been, it is worth taking gluten for several days. From what I understand a short time gluten-free for blood tests does not much much difference but you will at least have helped remove a cause of a possible...