Welcome to this page. A real person writes this blog about celiac disease. It is about the good, the bad, and the ugly in living with celiac disease. I talk about life experiences, clinical drug trials, and living more gracefully. Sometimes, I get a bee in my bonnet to rant and rave about something in the celiac world – both good and bad. I hope you enjoy these posts and feel free to reach out!

Latest Posts

August 17, 2020

My Covid Journey

“You’ve got double Covid pneumonia” the doctor told me. Well, that was not what I was expecting but I guess I don’t have much of a choice. Today I’m going to talk about my Covid journey. Continue reading
August 5, 2020

Gluten Degrading Enzymes

In the last week or so, gluten degrading enzymes have been all the rage. BeyondCeliac and Celiac.com have both put out articles relating to gluten degrading enzymes. What are they and why all of a sudden are we talking about… Continue reading
August 1, 2020

Infectious disease increases TTG IGA in non-celiac children

Today’s topic is about how infectious diseases in children can cause temporary false positives on the TTG IGA and EMA IGA. Because of this the emphasis on proper testing and making sure a complete diagnostic work up is really important,… Continue reading
July 31, 2020

Another way to solve the Celiac problem

Talking about Cour Pharmaceuticals Phase 1 trial of TIMP-GLIA Continue reading
July 31, 2020

Get Tested, Believe the results

I’ve seen too many posts recently about questionable diagnosis – where blood tests and biopsies don’t agree, latent celiac, mild and severe celiac, genetic tests say I could have celiac so I must have it, and my favorite – I… Continue reading
July 30, 2020

Celiac and Cancer risk

Is cancer something a celiac needs to worry about? Continue reading
July 30, 2020

shhh…a gluten free diet doesn’t help

shhhh….Gluten free diet doesn’t help healthy people Continue reading
July 29, 2020

Case study, part 2

Yesterday, I talked about a case study where a guy with celiac disease taking tofacitinib for a different reason while consuming gluten showed complete clinical remission. Today we are going to talk about why this not be quite as promising… Continue reading
July 28, 2020

Case Study in Celiac remission – Part 1

According to the case study published today, a man with celiac disease, alopecia, and rheumatoid arthritis was prescribed off label Tofacitinib to control the alopecia. He had always been less than strict on his gluten free diet and after starting… Continue reading
July 27, 2020

Alternative Testing for Celiac

Be careful out there – many people will try to take your money and tell you what you want to hear. Continue reading