Re: Marge - soy

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Marge,

I think these things just sometimes " happen " . Sometimes it's an age factor,

sometimes medication related, environmental, sometimes we are just on the

borderline of reacting to something and some little thing happens and tips

us over the edge. Maybe the soy vitamins were just one too many things of

" soy " for your system. Like my sister and her soy experience. Two of her

children were born with soy allergies. As far as I know, no one in our

family had an allergy to soy, but who knows? I am taking a page out of her

book and keeping away from soy supplements so as not to saturate my system

with soy, just in case I'm hanging on the edge...where all it takes is a

little push and I find myself in the same fix. I too love Chinese food, and

of course, soy is in just about everything... makeup, food, newsprint,

books, prepared foods, bread, lord knows what else.

> Hi Suzanne, thanks for your response...it probably is an allergic kind of

> thing...but amazing to me I have always loved chinese food and pour on the

> soy sauce...I'm wondering if its some of the meds I am on for ra...but I

> have had chinese food since being on the mtx, plaquenil, folic acid and

> etal....just seems strange to have happened so quickly after starting soy

> vitamins...I have stopped all soy and I guess chinese food too since last

> weeks episode...i'm also thinking the loss of the ra meds when I lost

> everything else...has put me into the flare...today was definately

> better...so luckily maybe its a short flare....I liked the saying someone

> said here recently... " each day is a gift not a given " I am starting to

get

> back into gratitude for the good days...thanks for listening and

> responding...I really appreciate your support and thoughts...m\hope you

are

> having a good day....marge

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>

> > Hi Marge,

> >

> > Regarding your reaction to soy, my sister decided to try a soy

supplement

> a

> > few years ago as a natural method to reduce effects of hot flashes. (Had

> > opted not to use HRT.)

> >

> > Turns out after a very short amount of time she found out she was

allergic

> > to soy and actually went into anaphylactic shock. Being the daughter of

a

> > druggist and

> > married to a pharmacist, she had benadryl on hand. Now she is super

> > sensitive to all things soy, even newsprint. It is amazing the number

of

> > things that contain soy. I think you will also find that there are large

> > numbers of people allergic to soy.

> >

> > Sorry you are in a flare, hope you get it under control quickly.

> >

> > Suzanne in NW FL

> >