Sonja

Hi Tiffany - Thanks!! You know, that whole concept of being the customer occurred to me too!! Hmph! I do believe I'll be a bit more, shall we say, persistant next time I see him! And as for trying the diet, yes, I'll do that for sure. Thanks again, Sonja

Hi Judy - thanks for your comments! Can I just say "Wow...that sounds really frustrating". I just can't get over the situations like yours, like mine and like so many others that I've read about in this forum. The resistance to diagnosing this illness and any kind of food sensitivity period must be costing our various health care systems a mint! How...

Hi Lucy, My thanks to you too! I appreciate your comments. I believe I *will* go gluten free after these next results are back. The doctor specifically said "not yet" to me today, so in the interest of not antagonizing him and ultimately causing additional problems for myself I'm going to hold off for 3 more weeks. I have however started reading...

Hi Sue, Thanks for your kind response. Yes, I've had a full immune work up done. Lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, thyroid. I'm beginning to feel a bit like a pin cushion really. All my hormones check out too, they did those separately, and similarly the vitamins. I've been told everything is 100% normal. They did an MRI back in November 2001 when...

Hi there. Let me apologize in advance for my no doubt "frustrated" tone, but I just don't know where to turn. I'm almost 33, female, and by all accounts (i.e. the results of my physical last December) qualify as a perfectly healthy human specimen. Unfortunately that's not the case, and as my quality of life continues to decrease, and my doctor...