<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Dear List, I am sorry to be posting so quickly again, but I will be meeting with the gastro-interologist who did my biopsy on Monday. He said to me at the biopsy that he believes anyone who has 'true' Celiac disease will "feel better immediately after going off of Gluten" with no symptoms or pain to speak of thereafter. Could any Celiacs on the list with positive biopsies tell me whether this is true and if not what were their symptoms and pain like after going off of gluten and how long was it before they were symptom free. I would like to be able to relate some peoples experience to the contrary. He said that the people who had "withdrawal" symptoms were not really Celiac. I will summaries all these answers thanks morgaine Vermont