<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hello, I am Nancy McPherson in Ashland, Oregon. After a year of tests and referrals, I have an appointment with a GI specialist on November 18th. I am told that is for a consultation, and that scheduling a procedure might take another 3 weeks. I had an antigliadin blood test done in July, and eventually was told in September that the level was "3 times normal". I have had a wide range of digestive complaints for 30 years, for which no abnormality was found. I have had the itchy skin off and on for 15 years, and chronic constipation, alternating with diarrhea, for at least that long, and suffer from insomnia/depression for which I take an antidepressant. For the last 5 years, I have been treated for osteoporosis unsuccessfully because it was thought to be postmenopausal-related, and I had gone through early menopause( my last period was at age 48 ). Because there have been a number of stressful events in my family during the last 10-15 years, it was thought that my symptoms were stress-related. Anyway,( this is my third attempt to condense this story), since July, when I asked my sister, who is a Medical technologist, what the antigliadin tests were for, I have been researching CD on the internet, and checking out GF foods. After being told the blood test results in September, I began trying to follow a GF diet, and I think I have been GF for the last two weeks. The two weeks previous, I had a couple of slips. It worries me that I may already have suffered permanent damage, so I am anxious to be as GF as possible, but I have not had an "official diagnosis", and from what I have read, if I follow a GF diet until my November appointment, it may appear that I do not have CD. Or would my symptom-history, osteoporosis, and antigliadin levels be sufficient indication? What is the recommendation of this group? I would very much appreciate your response. I'm new at this: should I summarize?