<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> The following is a reply to Karen Bulmer to her responce to me. I felt after I wrote it that I should share it with the group because of the questions I raise concerning undiagnosed child celiacs. Hi Karen, Our stories like many adult celiacs are very similiar. I was a skinny child and was taken to specialists who diagnosed me as " a border line celiac" which we now know is impossible. You either are or you are not. I grew out of it but had all the symptoms but no real health problems until a year ago when I felt that I was being poisoned at times. The attacks became more frequent. I remember one week when all I ate was little bit of bread and water to try and settle my bowels. I though I just had a flu and so did the doctor. Of course, I only got worse and became very dehydrated. Finally, I stopped the bread and resumed my normal meals and improved. Unfortunately I diagnosed myself by eliminating foods from my diet. First milk products, then bread because I was aware of celiac disease through friends. After a week on a bread free diet, not gluten free because there were gaps in my knowledge at that time, I was feeling much better. I was never biopsied. I would never risk a gluten challenge now because even a trace amount of gluten will give me an attack. My doctor agrees that with my sensitivity and history it would not be a good idea. We have one daughter who when she was a toddler had diarrhea for about 6 months. This was diagnosed as "toddler diarrhea". Familiar story, right! This was before my problems surfaced. This daughter is five now, very skinny but healthy, just like her father was as a child. We are going to get her checked now rather than wait until later in her life and learn she was a celiac all along, which I hope she isn't. How many more are out there? It's scary!!! All these adult celiacs and unless they were really sick as a child, they never get diagnosed until they get sick as adults. What potential damage have we done to ourselves? THIS IS WRONG! IT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. Norman Dewar