A question

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I'm glad you mentioned this. I just had mine tested, but did not ask about the levels. I'll ask my doctor next time I see him.

-----Original Message-----From: yasemin Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 3:48 PMTo: urticaria Subject: A question

Have any of you had your IgE levels tested and they came back extremely low?? Alena's were tested and came back at less than one and her peditrician said he expected the level to be about 1,000. Has anyone ever heard of this. The only information I can find is if the level is high. Her peditrician claims he has never heard of this (YAWN CUZ I HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE) and that it has no signifigance. Seems to me to be that low it must mean something. Thanks~~Alena's Mom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~If you do wish to unsubscribe then you can click on the following link: <mailto:urticaria-unsubscribeegroups>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This list is in the service of those who suffer from Chronic Urticaria (hives). We strive to support and lift each other as a worldwide cyber-family. We share whatever needs to be shared to help one another in our struggle with Chronic Urticria. Any posting that is off the main topic of Chronic Urticaria, we post with a prefix of NCU -. This is done out of respect for those who do not wish to read such postings.

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I understand that this is probably going to be a difficult question to

answer- I intend for it to be a suggestion. I thought one of the old

timers can guide me..

So I have sent out about 30+ vials of stool for testing in this past

week. Mostly regular Quest lab but also Genova as some of the BM's

were not watery and were just loose so I was finally able to do this.

My doctor thinks I have some kind of gut bacteria/pathogen/parasite

going on in my system. This would not surprise me as I have been

suspecting this for a while. A combo of things is occurring in my

body and the allergy drops didn't help my immune system to stay on

key. My gut kind of flat-lined lately.

The only thing I have been eating the past few days is chicken soup.

I make it with a little onion and zucchini and 2 garlic cloves, I also

use sea salt.

I drink home-made pear/nectarine juice. I strain it through a chinois

twice, I cook it on a slow simmer for 45 minutes add water and I

strain it 2 more times. I put it in a pitcher and add some more

water, I consume it with-in 2 days. I would say I drink about what

would amount to a wee bit less than a glass of pure juice a day.

I am hungry and am feeling deprived. This is a horrible feeling.

I am planning to add some bones to my soups to make a stew as Baden

suggested.

Until I get the answers from my doctors I was wondering what foods I

should add? I seem to have more energy so cooking in the kitchen

isn't a problem.

I also plan to introduce dripped goat yogurt in the next 2 days to get

some of the good probiotics into my system. I remember last time I

started this whole thing it took a while to get used to the probiotics

and yogurt but it made a huge difference for me and that is when I

really started to feel better. I understand though that in a midst of

a flare the yogurt and lyosan can make symptoms worse. I feel it is

right for me to try it again especially since I did all the stool

tests and I didn't want the probiotics to skew the results.

I rather not purchase store made ground meat. My cousin is sending me

hers (I hope sooner rather than later).

Carrots are a nono.

It is hard for me to gauge what is ok and what is not with the amount

of loose sometimes watery stool that I have. I know I shouldn't use

this as a barometer and focus on the way I feel (like cramps, tired etc.)

Anyway, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jodi

SCD 10 months

Crohn's/Colitis