<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Wow ! I think we are all seeing the power of this new medium.. More information exchanged about our hitherto little known disease than I have been able to find in print over the last ten years ! Great ! But let's remember the guidelines established for this list, not to be restrictive, but to be productive ! I have chaired aa few public forums in my career where people just came to vent their spleen and sometimes there is a useful purpose to do that. Maybe even in this case. But now it's a time for learning and appreciating. The only was we can really learn from each other is to recognize that we are all on the same side and have the same goal....to spread the word aboout celiac disease !!! We must not put any one person or group on the defensiive so that they will not be willing to participate in our information exchange. We "lay" people have been given lots of wrong information about our disease and some of us are unwittingly continuing to do so, even 'tho our intent is pure. We simply are NOT medical professionals. So let's hear it for the "pros" and while we are learning from them, let's take the opportunity to indeed teach them about our difficulties with diagnosis, diet, doctors, etc. but with RESPECT and understanding for all our points of view. Yes, some of the doctors are spending considerable time on this list, exchanging ideas and offering advise. I appreciate it and I' sure all of us do.. Let's lower the tone a little, remember as we were warned, this form of communication lends itself to vastly different emotional interpretation than "face to face". Thanks to all. I hope I haven't sounded too much like a mr. goody-goody. :>O)