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I don't know. I asked for blood work to check my blood for celiac disease. My endo, who is at the top of her game, I trust her to make the intial check. She is familar with the connection of celiac and type 1 diabetesShe gave me the option of going to digestive physician. I was only reading on the internet that the blood test checks for nutrients lacking...

Perhaps my choice of words might be wrong. I asked my endo for the blood test for celiac, It was my understanding that the blood test showed any lack of nutrients in the blood that would indicate a gluten intolerance. None showed. Perhaps allergy is the wrong word, but no matter, the blood test was negative, so the result is the same. Mark

Well, my self diagnosis was incorrect. They show I do not have an allergy to wheat.(baring the possibility of a false negative). Doing the biopsy would make the crash complete, so I think I will wait. And just stay with the diet and see if it makes a differance I wanted to say how friendly and supportive you guys are. I am very grateful for that. Thanks...

Andi, lordy,lordy you are so funny. So sad your experiance, but on the upside, I reckon you could write romance novels. Mark

Lisa that makes so much sense, so if I got it, my system can't tell yet that I am gluten free. Thanks. I need to keep this as simple as possible, here is my approach, see what you think. I can use any advice. Here is what I am doing now. Breakfast is the hard one, it is diffacult for me to cook at home so I eat while I am working, mostly it's eggs and...

This thread brings up several questions but the main one to the long timers is if one flake can trigger a symptom you guys know it right away? Certainly my being a newbie would mean mistakes are much more likely until I get more time with it and yet I think I have been feeling better and while my intake has gone down to small, certainly I have messed up...

Hi Frog, Exactly! Whatever it takes. Mark

Gina, I have no idea what happened, computers are so anal. I hit some button by mistake and the whole screen came flying on by. And then I couldn't get it to go back. Grrrrr. I have been gluten free, there were a couple of things I wasn't sure about a sauce a couple of times eating out, but I am dedicated to feeling better, so I stay the course. Thanks...

Hey Frog, You know, I was reading your list of your ailments, I as well have a list, it seems like after a while, one must develop an attitude of whatever it takes, ya just do it. Even more true with this Celiac thing, putting poison in your body is not an option. I have felt so junk these last two years, I will do anything I can to feel better. The...

Hi Froggie, Diagnosed since Auguest huh? Are you feeling better yet? Symptoms seem to vary from person to person, from what I have read,my body in the last year and half is being slammed with fatigue and bone pain. I relate so much, I am just sick of being sick, and I am tired of Doctors not believing me. How does yours play out? Are there more common...

Thanks Gina, it does make sense, this is much better. Mark

Thanks, and duly noted. How quickly does gluten exist the body?

Kaiti I was(in my limited knowledge) gluten free for about two days before the blood test. It is very hard now to eat wheat, because of the possibilty of it making me feel so bad. Do you know what I mean? But you are of course correct. Thanks for the list. Mark

Well, I have no idea, if I am doing this correctly. Computers frustrate me. But hopefully I am doing it correctly. Thanks for your welcome and help. It means a lot, Mark

This last week I have self diagnosed myself as having celiac disease. So many symptoms I have and when I heard that there is a link with type 1 diabetes. I called my endo last week to get a blood test, and await the results. But I have been so sick this last year, I went to a nuerologist this last year, who basically said I was a hypochondriac. I am not...