<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hi everyone and especially the person who was asking about UTIs and celiac disease on an earlier e-mail: I just discovered a connection between celiac disease and urinary tract infections (UTI) from www.mayoclinic.com- you can read the association by first doing a search for "celiac", then clicking on "complications". Under "complications" is kidney stones. If you do a search under "kidney stones", you find a reading under the caption, "Screening and Diagnosis". It says, "...the majority of kidney stones are diagnosed when a person complains of severe kidney pain, chronic urinary tract infections or blood in the urine." I also spoke to a friend's wife who is a urologist who told me that if I am suspecting that I am malabsorbing calcium (which I indeed am suspecting), she said that the calcium will bind with oxalates and form calcium stones. Since my discussion with her, I am slowly taking in calcium supplementation at a much lower rate than the recommended daily allowance not only with the stone concern in mind but because I get painful cramping in my lower abdomen from calcium supplements. Have a Merry X-mas! By the way, does anyone know the specialist who does bone density tests? Laura