@windyshores Thank you for your comment. I wanted you to know that my responses are written for everyone who reads the posts and they are general in nature. That is what is so good about Connect because in addition to the members who engage in conversations, there are many more people who read the posts seeking information. I try to share my experiences as a patient to help others who may have questions about similar things so I can be helpful to anyone who is interested. My comments are not intended to be advice to anyone, so please do not perceive it this way. I make sure that my language is not constructed as advice, but rather sharing information in the topics that are discussed from experiences or medical literature. My comments about gluten sensitivity and celiac disease simply said that these were not as well understood twenty years ago as they are now, and my comment was about my experience giving up gluten in my diet. I did share information about the American Academy of Environmental Medicine because doctors in that field can be helpful with autoimmune diseases, as was my experience when I benefited by overcoming an autoimmune thyroid disease.