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Hi All, I was diagnosed with Celiac disease in early March and have been gluten-free since that time. I was already a fairly healthy eater before going gluten-free. I don't buy any of the gluten-free snacks/prepackaged goods. I mostly eat only foods that are naturally gluten-free, with the exception of Chex and a few peices of chocolate here and there...

Dear KHickson, I was diagnosed celiac in March 2013. I have suffered with constipation for 1/2 my life and usually am more backed up than "lose". Sorry for the details, but the question required this sort of answer. My answer is yes. I am slightly less constipated now that I am on a gluten-free diet. Constipation can be a symptom of celiac, but most...

Hi. I suggest that instead of going 98-99 % gluten free that you go 100% gluten free. I am only 3 + months into this, but have noticed many symptoms go away and the "Mental Fog" go away. One thing to consider...do you also drink/eat aspartame products. Prior to my celiac diagosis, I went off of diet soda and that signficantly improved my mental clarity...

Hi, I was diagnosed with Celiac disease on March 10, 2013, so I'm a nubee. Since that time, I've adhered to a very strict gluten-free diet. I've had to recreate meal times, but my excema went away as did my arthritis and many of my tummy troubles. My anemia is slowly getting better. In the past week or two, I've started to experience moderate nerve...

Hi Tamber, I've only been diagnosed for about 5 weeks. I had mild digestive symptoms, almost not enough to consider the agony of removing gluten from my diet. I am a bread lover. I've been gluten free for about 5 weeks, accidentially ingesting gluten once about 2 weeks ago. Having been off of gluten when I ingested it, I noticed a difference within an...

I don't have a lot of info to provide, since I was only diagnosed on Monday, but I have two small children and feel for you. Hope you get it figured out soon and your daughter's pain goes away. Good luck.

Hi Cara, Thanks for the info. I was only on a "gluten-light" diet for a week or so leading up to the testing since I was starting to assume that I could have Celiac disease. Now that I have a confirmed diagnosis, I plan to treat it like a life-long issue rather than a temporary test. I will find it hard with certain things, like holidays. We spend...

Thanks for the info. I'm going to try the gluten-free diet. I'm pretty disciplined, so I think I can stick to it, but I feel like to need to educate myself, since I use a ton of lotions, make-up, lip products, hair care, etc. and I'm worried I'll accidentally ingest gluten unintentionally. Been looking for some good information to see which of my products...

They did check my iron. I've been sort of chronically anemic for a few years and supplements haven't been working, so they said my iron was low. I am low in B12 and deficient in vitamin K. Over the years there has been many times when I've had low iron, low B12, and every time, I was told to take supplements. I eat lots of healthy foods, I'm already on...

It may not be extremely serious, and since they said non-urgent, it's likely not life-threatening. I've had to make some non-urgent appointments to be told, I was hypoglycemic, had a bad pap smear that required follow up, had eleveated, ANA's, all required a non-urgent appoint to give me the results. Don't sweat it until you know what it is. Good luck...

Hi All, I just joined this forum today. I was just given the news by my doctor yesterday that I tested positive for Celiac. He said that my Endomysial Antibody IgA, t-Transglutamines (tTG) was >100 positive along with Immunoglobulin A, Qn, Serum 436. I was already on a low-gluten diet for a week or two leading up to the testing, since I had a hunch...