Don't let your doctor blow you off about getting tested for Celiac Disease - it is MUCH more common than most doctors realize. It is currently estimated that 1-in-133 people have CD, but only 3% of them KNOW that they have it. The "typical" symptoms - failure to gain weight, diarrhea or constipation, and stomach upset - that doctors were taught in medical school only show up in 3% of CD patients.

It is believed that 3 million people in the US currently have CD, yet 2.9 million of them DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE IT. The national Celiac organizations are doing what they can to make more people aware of this easily treated disease, but it's still rare that a doctor will connect the dots - hopefully that will change in the next few years.

Please get tested ASAP, and regardless of the results PLEASE do a trial GF diet for at least a month - I think you may be pleasantly surprised. I would keep watching for MG symptoms even after going GF to be on the safe side, but a GF diet will probably help with many of the other things that are going on right now. If it helps, be sure and stay on a GF diet FOR LIFE.

There is also an excellent book out there called "Celiac Disease: A Hidden Epidemic" by Dr. Peter H.R. Green, M.D., one of the leading Celiac researchers in this country. An updated version of this book was published earlier this year, but you may be able to find another version at your local library if you don't want to purchase a copy for yourself (it makes a GREAT gift for stubborn doctors ....).