<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I have a question to people who never been diagnosed: i face the problem many of you had: to eat gluten to be diagnosed or not to eat. I visited a very good private GE who diagnosed me with 'severe gluten sensitivity'. I was supposed to have an endoscopy on Monday to prove celiac. But my insurance refused to pay for it since the doctor is not on it's list (the total price is $5000). So i need to make an appt. with another doctor now (first available 01/07/00), and hopefully to have an endoscopy in more than a month. I'm told to eat gluten or otherwise the biopsy will not show anything. I feel awful now (i have been on a gf diet for 6 weeks before and felt really good); i hardly can make myself eat one wheat cracker a day. So i don't know how to survive this month. I read a lot in archives how important it is to be diagnosed. I don't have some problems described as reasons: my family supports me; my doctor will run blood tests for my son. What i worry about is a medical record: is it necessary to be diagnosed to have insurance pay for gf drugs? Does it make a real difference during a hospital stay (i feel it's difficult to get gf meal there anyway). Have you been in a situation you were sorry you never been diagnosed? Thank you for sharing your experience! Rosa