I also have symptoms of celiac (pronounced like "silly-ack") disease. I've never been diagnosed because I'd have to go on a regular diet for about two months, have an endoscopy with biopsies, and the only treatment for celiac disease at this point is a gluten-free diet.

I decided to try this diet after having two children with severe colic--it seemed as if they cried all the time except when they ate or slept--and they seemed to never sleep. After trying the diet, we had improvement on quite a few symptoms, including abdominal pain, bloating, frequent stools (as many as 9/day), gas, low iron levels, frequent stys, mouth ulcers, bright green stools, frequent sinus infections, and the girls began to sleep quite a bit better and did not cry nearly as often. I also have had some improvement in joint pain that may be the result of lupus. (I make a terrible patient because I really don't like to have tests done unless I can see that the benefits outweigh the risks and cost.)

The only chronic condition that I have been diagnosed with is PVT (paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia), which is a heart rhythm that has the potential to cause a lot of problems, but my heart rarely ever flares up now and I'm not on any treatment for it. When it happens, it feels like someone is blowing a pinwheel in my chest (doesn't hurt but sometimes gets tight).

Thanks, Jo, for all the information on Sjogren's Syndrome and to the others who have posted on medical conditions. I hope that discussions such as these may be able to help people who are viewing.