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It took me TWO years to get a doctor to even refer me to a specialist and
only that after he thought just maybe I had irritable bowel syndrome.  The
specialist also refused to believe I had celiac sprue because it onset in
adulthood and I am overweight - which, since I've been on the diet has gotten
under control because I'm no longer feeling starved all the time.  Anyway,
the specialist reluctantly agreed to do the biopsy only after I said my
mother has this.  Lo and behold - I have celiac sprue disease.  No one was
more surprised than the specialist.  What are they teaching in medical
school?

Pamela Sheldon