<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> As a follow up to Deb Boutins response to Dianne Dufalts inquiry about weight loss, my wife was fairly thin for her height, and has gained since being diagnosed. Everyone has remarked how much healthier she now looks, (and how poorly she looked prior!) As far as the med community goes, she was "treated" by a male doctor who did not recognize her symptoms for almost 6 months. His treatment focused on her persistent anemia by prescribing massive doses of oral iron (and liver and anything else you could think of short of eating iron shavings). When she insisted that maybe something else was going on, he suggested that it might be "in her head". She was fortunate enough to seek a second opinion from another doctor who just happened to have recognized and diagnosed CD in another of his (female) patients recently. ( Since then he has diagnosed at least one ot two others as well...both women). CD is rare, which is part of the problem. There will always be some doctors who are better or worse than others. Like Ms. Boutin said : When in doubt, get another opinion!