Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 it also can be the Valtrex was better for your child. We switched from Valtrex to Famvir once and his numbers went up, and Dr G felt the Valtrex worked better and switched back. > > > >Thank you so much, everyone, for your insight and advice. Do most of you > >follow Dr. Goldberg's food plan? That is the one he is recommending we go > >to. I didn't realize that reactions could take so long to show up. I > >always scrutinize every little thing my girl does right after we have a > >med change, I am going to drive everyone crazy this summer with our food > >challenges. Some changes are so subtle, I am afraid I will miss them > >until they are so bad. > > On a separate note, we had blood taken 2 weeks ago and her numbers look > good but her HHV6 is higher than before. Laurie is sending us the blood > work so I don't know how high the numbers are but what would cause an > increase in this? We changed from Valtrex to Famcyclovir at the end of > January, and from Nyzerol to Fluconozole at the beginning of March. Would > this have anything to do with it? > > Thanks so much for all the info. > > > > > Re: Food Challenges > > > > When we started the protocol just over three years ago, Dr. G > >and I > > discussed enzymes as well. He said that you need to be extremely > >cautious with > > which brand/type you use. He actually said it was ok to continue the > >brand we > > were using because it was one of the purer brands without a lot of > >extras that > > could cause issues but perhaps we should do a trial off them to see > >if it > > would improve the allergy situation. > > > > We took them out then and didn't think we saw much difference either > >way so > > just left them out. However, my son didn't gain much weight during > >the time he > > was off them and in hindsight, I think his allergies were a bit > >worse. We > > added them back in several months ago and have found that overall > >reaction to > > foods has lessened and he's gaining weight again. Unfortunately, the > >company > > that made the enzymes merged with another and now doesn't make that > >particular > > kind. We've switched to one that looked about as pure and plain -- > >Source > > Natural's Essential Enzymes -- and haven't seen any allergy signs. > >Since my son's > > local doctor is monitoring his protocol now instead of Dr. G, I > >haven't been > > able to ask his opinion about this brand. If any of you are > >considering using > > enzymes and you ask him about this brand, I'd be curious to know his > >opinion. > > > > My son tried Houston's enzymes twice in the years prior to us > >starting . > > He was never able to tolerate them so we never even got to the point of > > trying to go off the gfcf diet with them. He's sensative to papaya > >though so that > > limits the kinds of enzymes he can tolerate. > > Gaylen > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Thank you ! At this point, Dr. G hasn't contacted me to do change anything. I should get the blood results today or tomorrow so I will contact him then and ask. Dr. G thought her ears looked dull but a tampanogram was fine. She also has more circles under her eyes even though her Spring allergies seem better than usual. Do you think this could all be related? Boy, figuring out our kids is such a puzzle! At 09:32 AM 4/27/2006, you wrote: > it also can be the Valtrex was better for your child. >We switched from Valtrex to Famvir once and his numbers went up, and >Dr G felt the Valtrex worked better and switched back. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Yes I do think it could all be related. Our ENT explained the dark circles or " allergy shiners " to me so it finally makes sense. She said that when nose or eye area is highly allergic the blood vessels swell and are more visible at the surface of the skin...the dark circles. This allergy season has been our best ever...I thank the Astelin 2 times a day. > > > it also can be the Valtrex was better for your child. > >We switched from Valtrex to Famvir once and his numbers went up, and > >Dr G felt the Valtrex worked better and switched back. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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