<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Thanks so much for all the responses. You guys are great! I should have written to the list before I went to the doc. Everyone reacts differently to gluten. The longest gluten reaction was one year, two people had six months reactions and several had 2-5 months. Then there were those who reacted for a few hours or a few days. Michelle Melyn-Rogovin on the Chicago Celiac Disease Program told a listmate that a gluten reaction usually lasts about 6-8 weeks. Suggestions for decreasing the reaction time included take probiotics (you will be better in a day or 2) and call the doc to get meds. Some people suggested that I may be inadvertently getting gluten from something I eat everyday such as: 1)non-gluten ingredients that are contaminated by flying flour from other production lines. Eat only (or mainly) simple unprocessed foods. 2) trail mix, dried fruit and nuts can be problematic --look for private label ones, in h.f. stores, farmer's markets & even in supermarkets that were made in facilities in which there was no wheat. 3) Check your vitamins. Some people suggested that it was perhaps from something else including: 1) leaky gut syndrome -- heal it in a couple of months by taking WITH EACH MEAL one probiotics complex and one l-glutamine. 2)reacting to something I previously didn't react to such as corn, milk or soy 3)residual stomach problems -consider a colonoscopy 4)something else that was triggered by the gluten reaction and I am not able to shake. Try dividing your meals and eating more times during the day but keeping to the same amount. Other great suggestions: 1)check out www.glutensensitivity.net <http://www.glutensensitivity.net> There is discussion there of the dynamics that can happen when gluten is ingested. Check the intro page under the links on gluten challenges, and also listen/read the "stories to help us understand" on the testing page. Several of the stories deal with such issues. 2) The following website is about a study demonstrating that injesting gluten does not always show up on the blood tests: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16206501&query_hl=63&itool=pubmed_docsum And then finally this: Many of us become more sensitive the longer we're gluten free and consequently, the longer the recovery time might be. Many also develop more food intolerances (Keep an open mind and experiment with eliminating 1 thing at a time for a few days. Keep a food diary.) Thanks again, M *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the CELIAC List* Archives are at: Http://Listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?LIST=CELIAC