Frygurl – Yes, I would definitely bring this up to your doctor's attention. Unfortunately, a lot of doctor's know so little about CD that it's amazing. My doctor told me that there's little information about CD in general and even those doctors who are more knowledgeable about it (such as herself) don't know nearly as much as about other GI diseases such as Crohn's or UC. So a lot of them support the idea that you mentioned – that in order to have CD you have to have bouts of diarrhea, and be underweight. However, since we'll all different, it can have a different affect on us. I, for example, was already diagnosed with a longer-than-average colon. So, I may would have diarrhea from consuming gluten, but because the stool takes longer to sit in my colon and hence longer to pass, I becomes harder and can result in C. Plus, not everyone with CD has GI problems, there are a lot of those "silent celiacs" who only get diagnosed when they come to the doctor with other problems and their enlightened doctor runs a CD panel, among other blood tests.
As for how long it takes to feel better, that really depends. I've read that generally it takes about 2-3 weeks to feel better, but it can be a couple months before you feel healthy again. But, you should feel progressively better so that's how you know you should stick to it.
There's a CD website that has a lot of information and a great discussion board , I was able to get a lot of answers from there.
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