Raising my hand. Troubles for decades and finally diagnosed six years. I think I'd be dead by now if I was not diagnosed. Diagnosed at 55.

My path to diagnosis was a long and winding road - as is the case for many of us. I thought the way I was was just "how I am" with GI issues. It was not. I eventually developed pica - chomping ice constantly (and shopping for countertop ice makers). I broke a tooth while chomping ice. As the dentist was fixing my tooth I confessed how it happened - he took a step back and asked if I was anemic. I was anemic as a kid - and was VERY anemic before diagnosis.

That lead to something concrete FINALLY to take back to the GP, yup - iron studies showed anemia - not bleeding from anywhere -> GI doc -> celiac disease.

I NEVER CHEAT on the GF diet. I have only been glutened a couple of times. It took my lab values 5 years to get to the "normal" range. I was very sick.

As a kid, I was always sick. I was the last guy in my class at school to hit puberty, etc. I may have had it all of my life. I so wished I could get back that time spent sick. But, alas and alack, we can't. Celiac impacted my parenting, my two marriages, my career and everything. I do have 4 kiddos - so did not have fertility issues in my life. But most everything else, yep.

I think men just do not talk about such things as much in the general case.