<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Reading all the problems that people have had with their diagnoses, I feel very lucky, and I thought that I would share my experience with others. I do not have CD, but my 4.5-year-old daughter does. Around the age of 19 months she became ill and started throwing up. Older relatives said it's OK; babies just throw up. I called our pediatrician and he said that throwing up is not normal and he would see her. He took some blood tests, all of which came back negative. There was only one clue. The technician who read the blood test results said he thought that he saw something that t meant a problem with wheat. The pediatrician thought that lactose intolerance was more likely, so we put my daughter on a lactose-free diet. It didn't help, and by this time, about 1 month later, she was losing weight, had a bloated belly, and was a very quiet child. The pediatrician then arranged for a GI series. When he got the results, he told us that he was not sure what was wrong, but that he believed it was gastrointestinal. He immediately arranged for us to see a pediatric gastroenterologist at the local children's hospital; this took some effort on his part as this specialist has a long waiting list for appointments. Within a couple of days, we were visiting the pediatric gastroenterologist. She took about two minutes to look at my daughter, and then turned to me and said: "Are you Irish?" We're not, but we do kind of look Irish, and I've been asked this before. When I said no, the doctor said, OK, but I'm about 98% sure that your daughter has celiac disease. She did scare us a bit by telling us all the other things that it could be, but she kept reiterating that she was quite sure that it was CD. She immediately arranged for the biopsy, and within another couple of days, we had the diagnosis. The pediatric gastroenterologist gave my daughter some medication for the sore esophagus she had from throwing up, explained the GF diet, told us about CSA, referred us to a dietician, and told us to put my daughter on a lactose-free diet for a short time to allow her gut to heal. Through our whole experience, we found everyone to be quick and thorough in their work, and it seems, we got a very quick diagnosis. The only person who didn't know what she was supposed to was the dietician. By the time we saw her, I had already gotten good information from the CSA, and I knew that she was not providing us with the best info, so we never saw her again. Within a few days of going GF, my daughter was a happy lively child again. After a couple of months on the lactose-free diet, we reintroduced milk products with no problem. The whole family has adjusted to my daughter's diet, and baking has become a hobby that I greatly enjoy (and by all accounts, others enjoy the results). Sorry to be so long with my story, but I've been lurking on the list for a while, and I thought that we should remember that there are a lot of very good doctors out there. I greatly appreciate all the information and hints that all of you have shared. They've helped me a lot to provide a healthy balanced diet for my daughter. Happy holidays! Evelyn