"Andy" > wrote in message
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> Janet > wrote:
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>> In article >,
>> says...
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>>> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
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>>> > On 12/4/2012 4:52 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> >> If I could, I would have chicken soup. That always
>>> >> made me feel better when I was sick. But I can't have
>>> >> chicken any more.
>>> >
>>> > Why not?
>>>
>>> Because I am intolerant to chicken.
>>
>> But not turkey?
>>
>> Janet
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> Or chicken eggs?
I am extremely intolerant to chicken eggs. They probably make me more ill
than any other food. So much so that I will avoid anything that might
possibly have an egg in it if we are dining out.
Last time I ate any eggs was on Thanksgiving several years back. I had
eaten half of an egg salad sandwich before going to my parent's house. My
mom told me to make the mashed potatoes. I merely turned around to start to
do it and then doubled over in pain. Dashed to the bathroom just in time.
Spent the rest of that evening on the couch in their computer room, moaning
in pain. Wasn't able to eat a bite.
I had suspected the eggs prior. You see... When I was eating them on a
regular basis, they did make me sick. In fact I was pretty much sick all
the time but didn't know why. I began eating eggs more frequently when I
learned that I was a diabetic because I needed to lower the amount of carbs
I was eating. So every morning I was eating either eggs or cheese or
cottage cheese. All of which I am intolerant to although eggs now cause a
more violent reaction.
The Dr. couldn't figure out why I was always sick. And only after maybe
three months did my stomach finally begin to settle down some. When you are
constantly sick like that since pretty much birth, you just tend to assume
that it is a normal thing or everyone is that way. However, the situation
got far worse after the diagnosis of my diabetes. But some people surmised
that it was the high blood sugar that had caused it and they told me that
they too had the same problem.
And in looking back, I can see that there were in fact times that eggs were
probably the culprit but I didn't know it then. Like the time I ate boiled
eggs at the cafeteria at work and then about a half an hour later had to
dash to the bathroom. Or all those times when on vacation or making cross
country moves and dined out for breakfast. Then had to dash to the bathroom
before we hit the road.
Fast forward to when my daughter was six. She was diagnosed with multiple
food intolerances. So to make things easier in the kitchen, I pretty much
ridded it of anything she could not have. We switched to gluten free pasta
which was egg free. I no longer put egg in my meatloaf, meatballs or other
things. Since eggs were never really a favorite food of mine, it was no big
deal to give them up. But... I was still eating some dairy, particularly
when we dined out. And it was still in things like the bread that I was
buying. At home, I mostly ate rice cheese. Somehow I felt that if I didn't
eat things in front of my daughter that she couldn't have, it would make
things easier for her. Not sure if this was true or not.
But then my husband began wanting to eat things like eggs. So I bought eggs
for him. And one day I got egg salad from a salad bar to take home. Ate
some and something like 16 hours, got sick. Thought maybe it was food
poisoning but didn't know to what. I had gotten a variety of things from
the salad bar. The only thing that I had left was a little dab of the egg
salad. Ate it and about 2 hours later had the same reaction. Convinced now
that it was food poisoning.
But then just before that ill fated Thanksgiving, I had a dozen eggs that I
had purchased for my husband. He hadn't eaten them. Thought maybe if I
made egg salad, he would eat it. He didn't. So I ate some in a sandwich
and about 16 hours got sick. Still wasn't making the connection.
Knew that the dinner at my parent's house could be delayed and had been
having some trouble with low blood sugar so decided to eat half of an egg
salad sandwich before we left the house. And then 2 hours later got sick.
So only then did I make the connection!
So it came as no surprise to me when the Dr. looked at my test results and
said that one food was off the charts and would I care to guess what that
was? When I told him it was egg, he confirmed it.
I had suspected a dairy problem all my life only because my mom had told me
that I was allergic to milk as a baby. I wouldn't breast feed for some
reason and I don't think they had any pre-made formulas in those days
although I could be wrong No matter what she gave me she said it came right
back up.
But then for some reason my parents insisted that I drink milk with my
meals. I hated the stuff. As a teen, a Dr. told my mom to stop giving me
milk. My stomach did settle down some. But... We were only focused on the
milk. Not stuff made of milk. Like cheese. And I didn't know then to look
for stuff with milk in it. Like some bread. Or what should have been more
obvious things like macaroni and cheese. Part of the problem there, I think
is that my mom doesn't like to cook. And when she did cook, she often made
packaged things. So I think she really didn't know what all was in some
dishes. Like that there is in fact dairy in Cream of Mushroom soup. Or
even in Campbell's Chicken and Rice soup. Or many canned soups for that
matter. I'm not even sure that in those days they had to disclose all of
the ingredients like they do now. Maybe they did. I'm just not sure.
So anyway... My stomach really only got totally better (in that respect,
because I do also have gastroparesis which is another problem) after I began
reading all labels and avoiding things in a restaurant like gravy that might
possibly contain something that would make me sick.
At one point, I retested and was found not to be intolerant to dairy any
more. The Dr. advised me never to eat it based on my reaction in the past.
And I did avoid it for a time. But then I ate one of my daughter's nachos.
She can now have dairy and eggs. They no longer seem to be a problem for
her. The nacho didn't make me sick. So I ate some cheese. Didn't get
sick. And on and on like that until I was eating dairy again every day.
And then getting sick. And wanting to be in denial because I really do like
cheese. But then I got retested and found out that not only were eggs still
off the chart but I could no longer have dairy and a whole slew of other
things including chicken and some herbs.
So I eliminated all of those things and now I am rarely ever sick like that.
Once in a while it happens. Could be something going around or perhaps
could be getting a cross contaminated food in a restaurant. Although we are
making a big effort not to dine out as often as we once did. It's just far
easier that way. But my mom insists on dining out and there are still times
when we are away from home and it just happens.