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I'm a little over 20 years past 40, bartful. I would love one of your Christmas CDs. I guess my list would be closer to a bucket list, but I'm hoping the bucket doesn't appear until 30 more years, doggone it!! Some of the things I'm doing already, like spending time with my granddaughter by going to the Little League Softball World Series and showing...

Lots of good comments. So sorry that you are having a hard time. But the good news is, you are preventing more damage by going gluten free whether you can see it or not. You are preventing cancer, kidney failure, etc., etc. You are giving yourself a chance to live a normal life span. Your kidney stones could conceivably continue to exit your body...

How long does it usually take for blood tests to come back?

I am now in the process of getting tested for celiac disease. But I have had at least 100 oxalate kidney stones. (No kidding - 3 to 4 a year for almost 30 years.) I've had them zapped with a laser in the hospital 4 times, one time with complications where I had to stay a week. Plus a myriad of ER visits and stones passed on my own. The pain can radiate from...

Okay, I'm pretty new at this. I thought buckwheat was okay to eat. I make buckwheat pancakes for my granddaughter who has a problem with gluten. I am now being tested for celiac disease myself and have been thinking that I can at least eat buckwheat. Someone, please get me up to speed on this...

Our son who has autism is now an adult and lives in the duplex next door to us. He has support services from a company here in Oregon to help with his daily needs. (We moved to Oregon from Arizona in 2010 as he lost services there during the Great Recession and we had two other children and a granddaughter here. When we lived in Arizona, he lived at home...

What would a positive test for celiac disease look like in a full celiac panel?

I have trouble getting my husband to go anywhere, and he's not the one with celiac disease! Is there a support group where you guys live that you could go to together? A physical one, where you meet people in person rather than just online. (Although online support is great - it's why I'm here!) Other couples might be going through the same thing and...

I know this topic is a couple of years old, but I just stumbled upon it and am interested because I have had a myriad of kidney stones. I've been hospitalized 4 times for laser removal where you blast the stone. Had to stay a week in the hospital due to complications one time. I've also had many ER visits and have passed a lot on my own. They were oxalate...

I had the blisters on my fingers and scaling on my hands and made an appointment with my doctor. I also took pictures of it on my phone to show her. When I got to the appointment, the blisters were no longer fresh and she was unable to do a biopsy. But she said it looked like dermatitis herpetiformis and ordered blood tests. So then I started reading...

I am relatively new to the forum and am in the process of having blood tests run for celiac disease. I am a senior citizen with 4 adult children and an 11 year old granddaughter. My youngest daughter and granddaughter have problems with gluten. My daughter sent me literature urging me to get tested. I have been reading that mothers with celiac disease...

I am new to this and am still in the diagnostic stage, but would be very unhappy if I have to give up coffee. What other coffees would you recommend for someone with celiac disease?

Hi Ouchie! I am a new girl too, but I'm actually getting up there in years - I'm 64 and just now getting diagnosed. I have had a myriad of symptoms all my life that no one realized was celiac disease, and I've had doctors discount me too. It's so annoying and has also caused me to mistrust doctors. So I feel for you, and understand a little how you might...

I have an Irish, Scottish, and English background. My husband, who I believe also needs to be tested as he has symptoms, is Irish and German. I've read that people from northern European countries have a higher percentage of celiac disease than other populations. I think there might be an article on this site about that, in fact.

Maybe it's because everyone eats pasta - LOL!