Hi, sorry I've been away and haven't checked the message boards lately. My then doctor was actually treating me for guardia - 4 lots of very severe antibotics in 2 years! I ended up giving up on the doctor and went to a naturopath who diagnosed gluten intollerence. I started on a gluten free diet and went back to the doctor. A blood test came up with the anti-glyden antibody, but by the time I was referred to a specialist and finally had the biopsy, almost 6 months had passed and my villi looked healthy. I wasn't prepared to go back on a normal diet. This was 3 year's ago.
I believe I have got coeliac disease because of my reactions - D and bloating and pain 24 hours a day, leaving me unable to sleep - and family history. My current doctor concurs and so does my nutritionist. This ambivilence seems to be pretty common among many in the Australian internet support group for coeliacs, which I belong to. (After further tests they also came up with dairy intollerence and finally IBS).
It's hard for coeliacs, but testing is becoming better. Blood tests are becoming much more sophisticated and geneticists are starting to say that a cure will probably be found in 10 to 20 years or so.
For me, I know I am much better following a Heather's diet, with gluten free modifications. I'm also off yeast and sugar because, probably being so severely sick for so long, I developed chronic fatigue syndrome and all the evils that go along, i.e. candida.
I'm slowly getting back my health, but I firmly believe that my IBS has come about as a result of the chronic and constant inflamation of my gut and my nervous/gut system being programmed to evacuate whenever food (gluten) entered my body.
Sorry for being so long winded, but it gets kind of complicated.
Best of luck,
Bev
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