DEAR DR. GOTT: First, let me thank you for saving my life. I am a 66-year-old female. After reading your column about celiac disease a year ago, I went to my current doctor with the article in hand. She advised me that I had nothing to lose, as I had been sick for a long time.
I was diagnosed with lactose intolerance in 1990, but still had severe stomach pain. After reading your column, I went on a gluten-free diet and have been on it for a year. I am a new person.
I think I have probably had this all my life, and many times I have been very sick. I have had tests on every internal digestive organ and was always told there was nothing wrong with me. I have spent 10 years paying off all those tests that past doctors ordered with negative results.
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