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family history=severe food allergies (dairy specifically) and several people including mom have Crohns disease and several have Celiacs... so I saw 3 docs... over a period of 3 years.. the first one told me I had IBS wihtout testing but sent me to a GI anyway.. that GI ran all the tests except for celiac.. ruled out Crohns, and pissed me off in the process- long bad doc story I posted here a long time ago.. anyway- things got worse and I made an appt with another doc in the same office who listened to me more, took me seriously, tested me for celiac.. looked at the other tests and pointed me to several helpful diets for IBS'ers (not all exactly the same, but similarities exist- others cut back dairy and red meat but not out, etc..) and I found this site along the way and it worked which I've since shared with her and she said she includes in the list she gives patients because I've had the best turn around as to longest periods symptom free of any of her patients!

anyway- I did have a relapse and wound up C- prior to that was mostly D with occasional short bursts of C and TONS of gas issues... that was caused by my antibiotic though, so I'm getting back on the bandwagon now...

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Dietetics Student (anticipating RD exam in Aug 2010)
IBS - A
Dairy Allergic
Fructose and MSG intollerant

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