<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Something we like to call "chronic appendicitis" runs in my family and most of us, especially females, end up having a scheduled, not an emergency, appendectomy sooner or later. I went to a GI when I was having troubles with my appendix. He informed me that there is no such thing as chronic appendicitis: It is either acute or it isn't appendicitis. He also informed me that I must have IBS. I found another doctor and to make a long story short, had an appendectomy and all my troubles went away for a good 8 years. Other CD symptoms surfaced 2 years ago (after the birth of my second child and an extremely serious abdominal infection) and now that I've finally been diagnosed as gluten intolerant, I wonder if this so-called "chronic appendicitis" is really a symptom of CD. Has anyone else had issues with their appendix? Btw, ever since I was little, I've been told that I was slightly anemic, but other than that I've been asymptomatic most of my life. Tanya