As you can imagine, I have many questions. I have not yet received the blood work results, and am having this Wed. the endoscopy biopsy, along with colonoscopy. I have had digestive issues about 2 years now, and only recently the light bulb went on with both me and the doctor. Regardless of the results, I am going to eliminate gluten.
The obvious food culprits are easy to remove. Then I read gluten hides in many foods and vigilance is needed. Here is the crux of this question - so you stop eating the obvious offenders, those which you have likely been eating in volumes - breads, pastas, cereals and the like. Just by removing those, doesn't a person begin to feel better? Knowing you have to be careful of the hidden gluten is an accompany step....but to read that a leftover crumb from a toaster can make you sick, or continue to keep you sick - that boggles my mind.
I fully anticipated I would begin to feel better and have symptoms leave me, eventually, when I am able to start eliminating the gluten, but if I do get a celiac diagnosis, it seems the odds are stacked against~!
Did "you" feel better after the initial elimination of the obvious culprits? Thanks.