It all started when I was always feeling bloated and generally out of sorts. My doctor referred me to a nutritionist that was covered by insurance but all I got there was some very general dietary suggestions. I was then referred to another nutritionist who was not covered by insurance and cost $600 for a series of a few meetings. Upon going over my medical history she latched on to the fact that I have a low thyroid and am on medication for that and asked if that was due to Hashimoto’s disease which is an auto immune disease causing the low thyroid condition. I had no idea so she had my doctor order labs to check for that and sure enough it came back as positive for Hashimoto’s disease. With this information in hand she explained that Hashimoto’s disease and Celiac disease often go hand in hand since they are both auto immune diseases and had my doctor order labs to check for Celiac Disease. Low and behold that test came back as positive for Celiac Disease.