Guest guest Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 kelijeans-- I hear you about the food allergies. I have a multitude of them and they seem to be getting worse. Recently I underwent Nissen Fundoplication and now can tolerate only pureed well cooked foods and some baby foods. I am thinking that once I can eat whole foods that perhaps my regular diet will present as " food challenges " now that I am unmasked. And like you I have my own cravings--biscuits with butter and good homemade mac and cheese baked in the oven until it is crusty and all bubbly. I have never been such a mess. Leigh ________________________________ From: kelijeans <kelijeans@...> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 10:03:20 AM Subject: [ ] Re: vent Addy, vent all you want here, you're not alone! I also have extreme allergies where I can't eat much of anything, haven't tasted anything good, really miss foods like bakery, pizza, pasta, bread, ice cream etc, can only eat a few foods and can't drink anything but water. It feels good to vent sometimes... . > > Sigh. I realize that I am an extremely atopically hypersensitive individual, BUT it is still frustrating to be taking more than $3000 worth of allergy meds each month and still, albeit rarely, wake up in the wee hours with my eyes almost swollen shut and tearing uncontrollably and my nose running everywhere. > > Sigh. > Addy. Group co-owner > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 I hear you. Addy you would know if you are allergic to milk because most people have immediate reactions like drainage, etc. And I don't know where you live but grass pollen is very prevalent here in Texas and being allergic to grass pollen crosses over into most of the grains like wheat, etc. for me. I live on veggies and proteins and some fruits, etc. Sigh. I crave mac and cheese and homemade biscuits with butter all the time. Leigh ________________________________ From: pyle456 <jamcculloch2@...> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 10:19:18 AM Subject: [ ] Re: vent I don't. But currently food allergies and sleep apnea go into the following category: I'm already allergic to everything that grows, and have to take meds for high BP and osteoporosis. I'm not bothering to get diagnosed for anything else. Addy --- In , Leigh McCall-Alton <mccallalton@ ...> wrote: > > Addy, > How do you know for certain that you have no food allergies? > Igg based food allergies are delayed reactions and it takes a lot of investigation to uncover them. > Leigh > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ __ > From: pyle456 <jamcculloch2@ ...> > > Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 7:17:19 AM > Subject: [ ] Re: vent > > > > > > Thanks! > > I am SO thankful I don't have to deal with food allergies. (Although I do wonder that if I went to only organic natural foods if I wouldn't have fewer symptoms generally). I don't know how some of y'all do it. > > I have not had any other acute episodes, but I do still have some inflammation around that one eye. I was sufficiently scared to refill all my emergency meds, which I've decided to call SAS medicines - Scared as Shit. > > Addy > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 Yes grass and grain sensitivities go hand in hand and that is why I am very grain sensitive. I can get by with eating some of them when grass is not pollenating but here in TX grass pollen goes from FEB thru the FALL and I am not so sure that it does not blow up from Mexico. I underwent Nissen Fundoplication for acid reflux about a month ago and have been on a pureed diet ever since but am hoping to add mashed up foods over the next couple of weeks. And I have some sort of infection from the surgery. Leigh ________________________________ From: pyle456 <jamcculloch2@...> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 2:11:43 PM Subject: [ ] Re: vent I had NOT thought of grass pollens getting into grains. Ergh. I am very allergic to grass. Also very allergic to crepe myrtle, which is very prevalent here right now, and may or may not be the culprit for my current symptoms. I have been skin and RAST tested for food allergies, albeit not recently (last 10 years). Usually something turns up, but not on a major scale, and with some inconsistency. I know that elimination diets are the best methods of testing - I just don't have that much will power. I do have issues with milk increasing my mucus levels, so I try to keep my dairy consumption to a minimum. Take good care, Addy --- In , Leigh McCall-Alton <mccallalton@ ...> wrote: > > I hear you. Addy you would know if you are allergic to milk because most people have immediate reactions like drainage, etc. > And I don't know where you live but grass pollen is very prevalent here in Texas and being allergic to grass pollen crosses over into > most of the grains like wheat, etc. for me. I live on veggies and proteins and some fruits, etc. Sigh. I crave mac and cheese and homemade > biscuits with butter all the time. > Leigh > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ __ > From: pyle456 <jamcculloch2@ ...> > > Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 10:19:18 AM > Subject: [ ] Re: vent > > > > > > I don't. But currently food allergies and sleep apnea go into the following category: I'm already allergic to everything that grows, and have to take meds for high BP and osteoporosis. I'm not bothering to get diagnosed for anything else. > > Addy > > --- In , Leigh McCall-Alton <mccallalton@ ...> wrote: > > > > Addy, > > How do you know for certain that you have no food allergies? > > Igg based food allergies are delayed reactions and it takes a lot of investigation to uncover them. > > Leigh > > > > > > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ __ > > From: pyle456 <jamcculloch2@ ...> > > > > Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 7:17:19 AM > > Subject: [ ] Re: vent > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > I am SO thankful I don't have to deal with food allergies. (Although I do wonder that if I went to only organic natural foods if I wouldn't have fewer symptoms generally). I don't know how some of y'all do it. > > > > I have not had any other acute episodes, but I do still have some inflammation around that one eye. I was sufficiently scared to refill all my emergency meds, which I've decided to call SAS medicines - Scared as Shit. > > > > Addy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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