So the allergy test came back....

[alfreda89]

Good heavens.  I am sensitive to lettuce.

My counselor tells me that a lot of people who think they have IBS have problems with lettuce.  So, we drop the lettuce and see if life improves.

Good news is, I gave up a lot of foods and rested?  And i am not sensitive to them anymore.  Can't go crazy on some, but can be more adventuresome.  But may have to give up beans for a while, which will make going back on macro harder.

OTOH, have to watch vinegar because yeast/molds and I are definitely not friends.  This is going to be a wide-ranging problem.  Breads still off the menu, including I imagine my beloved Bobo bars.  Sigh.

But cooking will happen again!

Comments

[marycatelli]

Yeah, time can do that. My sister was surprised to find she no longer reacts to peanuts and soy.

[joycemocha.livejournal.com]

Lettuce may be a galactose intolerance. I haven't gone through the testing, but was having a horrible time with a mostly vegetable diet, and I've always disliked lettuce...and then my doctor explained galactose intolerance (sugar in veggies), and suggested the Super Beano regime. 5-6 Beano at every meal. Follow meal with simethecone.

It worked. Of course, getting rid of the toxic boss from that time didn't hurt, either.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if you can do Beano, it's a great product. I had to give it up when my body went nuts about wheat, but it served me well until then!

Hope the toxic boss is history.