Thanks for the reply Trent.  You asked how much gluten I’m consuming daily.  I haven’t been tracking that.  I just know that some of the food I’ve been eating does have gluten like sandwiches and things like that.  I’ve also had a few cookies we baked that had flour.    My GI doctor did get back with me and they are moving the endoscopy up to tomorrow.  I too hope I have consumed enough gluten for the test to be accurate.    The odd thing about this is about 12-14 years ago I had similar symptoms.  The ended up diagnosing as IBS.  They never did celiac testing.  The episodes went away and just reared their ugly head again this year. I’m not sure why they just stopped, but was thankful.   Here are the results for the blood test. CELIAC DISEASE COMPREHENSIVE PANEL INTERPRETATION No serological evidence of celiac disease. tTG IgA may normalize in individuals with celiac disease who maintain a gluten-free diet. Consider HLA DQ2 and DQ8 testing to rule out celiac disease. Celiac disease is extremely rare in the absence of DQ2 or DQ8. Show Less TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE AB, IGA U/mL <1.0 IMMUNOGLOBULIN A 230

Foods tasting salty can be an indicator of diabetes, kidney failure, Sjogren's syndrome, thyroid problems, smoking, dehydration and zinc deficiency.  

Our insight into the immune responses involved in celiac disease has steadily increased and there have been many attempts to develop drug therapies to either break down gluten before it triggers immune system responses or to, in some way, trick the immune system into no longer identifying gluten as a threat. So far, all these attempts have been disappointments that did make it out of the trial phases that all new drug therapies are put through.

Good idea! We don’t have a range hood/exhaust fan so I didn’t think of that.

This article fits that category:  and this is more broad and not limited to the past year: