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On May 3,  2:05pm, Laura Johnson-Kelly wrote:
} It is my understanding that one can be on a "normal" gluten-containing diet
} for up to two years after being gluten freee for many years without showing
} intestinal damage.  My source for this info was a posting by Mike Jones of
} an article in a celiac newsletter, sometime in late December or early

As I'm going to be doing a gluten-challenge soon, I sincerely hope
this information is wrong! Does anyone have more information about
this?

I had an uncomfortable thought - could it be that the reason there's
such a variance in the length of time recommended for a
gluten-challenge is because no one really *knows* how long you ned to
eat gluten?  From what I've heard here and elsewhere, hardly anyone
can stay off the diet long enough to do a challenge.

My worst fear about getting a biopsy is that I will suffer through the
gluten challenge and then the results will be negative, leaving me
even more confused than I already am...not to mention sick as a dog
for however long it takes to get over it.

Wendy Betts, [log in to unmask] (USA)