<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Here's another auto-immune related (?) condition: I've just been diagnosed with frozen shoulder, also called adhesive capsulitis. My (new to me) orthopedic doctor says it is most common in women in their 50s, and the sufferers usually have diabetes or thyroid problems! He seemed quite surprised that I have neither condition (although I do fit the age category). Frozen shoulder is self-limiting, which means it could last about 1 year no matter what I do, maybe up to 4 years. Well, I have had another attack--in the opposite shoulder--around 5 years ago, which took a year and a half to clear up, with exercises and ibuprofen, and I couldn't even dress myself for months (and my dr at that time said nothing about it except to recommend the exercises--I have since left him for other reasons, like not wanting even to investigate my increasing gastrointestinal pain & symptoms). So when the orthopedist suggested physical therapy to help relieve the problem, I agreed. Last night the therapist asked me several times if I had diabetes or thryroid troubles, and also seemed very surprised that I do not. Now I'm curious to know how many people on the list have had frozen shoulder too, since many on the list also have diabetes and/or thyroid disease. There is nothing on it in the archives. Please email me if you have also had F.S., and note whether you are diagnosed celiac or with another problem, self-diagnosed celiac, and/or diagnosed with diabetes and/or thyroid disease. If you don't mind noting your age, that might be interesting too. I will summarize the tally back to the list. TIA, good luck and good health! Bobbi in Baltimore