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Re: "Length of time to get a celiac diagnosis"

Please bear with me.  I am preparing summaries about the responses  
I've received to my post on 12 Oct 09 ( See Digest Issue 12-13 Oct  
(#2009-425), but I have had a very large number of replies.

I had asked about Dr Peter Green's (2006) estimate of 9 years average  
to get a diagnosis (as someone else had reported was stated in his  
book), given that "
> The NIH Consensus Development Conference on Celiac Disease in June  
> 2004 concluded that the average  time to get a diagnosis - once a  
> person seriously started seeking medical help - was actually 11+  
> years!  -- and I didn't see how the situation could change that  
> much in two years.


The large number of responses received can be divided into three  
categories:
A.  Those who treated the post as asking, "How long did it take you  
to get diagnosed?"
B. Those who understood the actual question (above) and responded at  
length with some very detailed and specific information (although not  
necessarily about Dr Green's derivation).
C. Those who decided to launch an ad hominem flaming attack on me and  
take my to task for my ignorance - but did not actually provide any  
information to answer my question.

-----   Ah, well, fortunately for us all, the Celiac Listserv is  
pretty much free of such flaming.

I am preparing two different Summaries:

First - summarizing the responses in A.  There were some interesting  
stories. I should have the Summary in another few days

Second - summarizing the responses in B.
     It will take quite some time to process and analyze all the  
citations, references, discussions, etc and sift and digest them, and  
come up with a productive summary, so as I said, please be patient.

As to Category C, I will not include them in a Summary.  I am  
replying to these people individually, as I find time (but they are  
not high on my priority list.)

Marshall

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