kamarie

Thanks for the links, Deanimated Marcus, that's the first I've heard of a rectal biopsy, which sounds really scary but I'm glad to have another option to research.

Cavernio, this page explains why I'm thinking about diagnoses: Open Original Shared Link AFAIK, if you have Celiac disease, doctors are more aggressive about checking for nutritional deficiencies and conditions related to having a severely damaged intestinal tract. One person told me that they will also monitor your IgE (something like that, I don't...

That's what I figured. I was just hoping for some miraculous new science I hadn't yet heard about. Ah well.

My apologies if this is a repeat topic--seems like it would have been asked before but I'm not seeing it. About 12 years ago I saw a doctor who didn't really understand Celiac disease. She advised me to get a blood test for a wheat allergy and when it came back negative, she suggested an elimination diet. When I noticed how awful I felt when I added...