<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> >After reading lynn's reply to the discussion of celiacs and the hepatitis >B vaccine, I suddenly find myelf a bit more interested because of her >lack of response. I was given the vaccine in late 1988 and early 1989. >This was two and a half years before I showed celiac symptoms. About a >year after the vaccine, I took part in a liver research study. One of the >things measures was the Hepatitis B antibody. I was negative. After that >I had a booster shot, but I never did get further tested to see if I >developed the antibody this time. Although I don't have a good >explaination or theory as to why Lynn and I should not respond to the >vaccine, I do find it an interesting similarity. Hmm, am I sensing a trend here? I also received the hep B vaccine, I think it was 1988. I had no problems celiac-wise with the vaccine (which I stated in a previous post on this topic). What I didn't post is that I also tested negative for the antibody. BJ