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by legalbeagle
Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:35 pm
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: Allergy testing?
Replies: 13
Views: 1936

Turkey and chicken eggs seem to be fine, so those are my main sources of protein. My doctor has suggested some dairy, too, now that I seem to be tolerant of it. Thanks for the warning about nightshades - I've never done very well with peppers, but potatoes seem to be okay. So those and rice are my m...
by legalbeagle
Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:00 am
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: Allergy testing?
Replies: 13
Views: 1936

Just wanted to post an update. I saw the allergist for allergy (skin) testing and (in addition to most environmental allergens, which I already knew) am allergic to: chicken, cantaloupe, coconut, pineapple, watermelon, almond, cottonseed, malt, oats, rye, wheat, yeast, coffee, black pepper, cinnamon...
by legalbeagle
Sat May 26, 2012 8:50 am
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: Allergy testing?
Replies: 13
Views: 1936

Zizzle, I also have joint hypermobility - I had no idea that there was any relationship there. And just like you, I had a grandmother who had certain foods (fresh bread, so maybe yeast?) that "didn't agree with" her. So I guess I do have more of a predisposition that I'd realized. My gastr...
by legalbeagle
Thu May 24, 2012 6:18 pm
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: Allergy testing?
Replies: 13
Views: 1936

Thank you both so much for your responses! I am so glad to have found this site. Connie, you mentioned genes and genetic testing - is EnteroLab the best source for that or will just any old lab do that? I am seemingly the only person on either side of my family who has any autoimmune issues, food se...
by legalbeagle
Thu May 24, 2012 1:26 pm
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: Allergy testing?
Replies: 13
Views: 1936

Allergy testing?

Hello, I'm new here, and this is my first post. After struggling with symptoms and specialists for 9 months (longer, really, if I think back) I was just diagnosed with lymphocytic colitis based on a biopsy taken during my colonoscopy last week. During this time I was also diagnosed with hyperthyroid...

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