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You realy need to be tested regardless of fear. Feel the fear and do it anyways! Your health is more important. Only you can help you.

[quote name='Jkrupp' date='Apr 15 2009, 05:17 PM']You realy need to be tested regardless of fear. Feel the fear and do it anyways! Your health is more important. Only you can help you.[/quote]


Thanks, I have an appointment this tuesday so hopefully things will be figured out soon

i am sorry to hear that you feel so sick! i went through the same thing but getting tested is the best thing to do. the blood work is the easiest part! its funny that you said that your ribs hurt, my Dr. looked at me like i was crazy when i told her that. my rib cage hurts, like its bursed but its not! i hope you figure everything out! feel better!

[quote name='Jesse'sGirl' date='Apr 20 2009, 12:14 PM']i am sorry to hear that you feel so sick! i went through the same thing but getting tested is the best thing to do. the blood work is the easiest part! its funny that you said that your ribs hurt, my Dr. looked at me like i was crazy when i told her that. my rib cage hurts, like its bursed but its not! i hope you figure everything out! feel better![/quote]


Thank you =)

I agree with the other 2 comments so far that you need to get tested. I would go a step farther though. I would go ahead and get food allergy testing if you can afford it. This is also "just" a blood test. I also got a lot better after I was diagnosed and eliminated gluten from my diet, but I still wasn't quite right. I kept telling my doctor that I was better, but... My doctor said that it would be a waste to test for other foods, and wouldn't order it. I finally went to an allergist myself. When the nurse called to tell me the results, she asked me if I was sitting down. I laughed thinking that she was kidding. Unfortunately, she wasn't. Since celiac is an autoimmune disease, and it had taken 11 years of me being very sick (my digestive system finally shut down before anyone would listen to me) my body started rejecting all the other foods that I was eating. On my 1st testing, there were only 5 foods that I could eat! After testing 200 more foods, we came up with another 6 foods. If this would have been caught earlier, my body wouldn't have started rejecting "okay" foods. Now, we are not introducing any new foods, cleaning products, soaps, etc, to see if my body will heal to a point that some day, I will be able to eat a larger variety of foods. Good luck.

[quote name='gardener1' date='Apr 21 2009, 03:40 PM']I agree with the other 2 comments so far that you need to get tested. I would go a step farther though. I would go ahead and get food allergy testing if you can afford it. This is also "just" a blood test. I also got a lot better after I was diagnosed and eliminated gluten from my diet, but I still wasn't quite right. I kept telling my doctor that I was better, but... My doctor said that it would be a waste to test for other foods, and wouldn't order it. I finally went to an allergist myself. When the nurse called to tell me the results, she asked me if I was sitting down. I laughed thinking that she was kidding. Unfortunately, she wasn't. Since celiac is an autoimmune disease, and it had taken 11 years of me being very sick (my digestive system finally shut down before anyone would listen to me) my body started rejecting all the other foods that I was eating. On my 1st testing, there were only 5 foods that I could eat! After testing 200 more foods, we came up with another 6 foods. If this would have been caught earlier, my body wouldn't have started rejecting "okay" foods. Now, we are not introducing any new foods, cleaning products, soaps, etc, to see if my body will heal to a point that some day, I will be able to eat a larger variety of foods. Good luck.[/quote]

I'm sorry to hear about you other allergies. I hope things continue on getting better for you. Thanks for the advice and opinion. I had a doctors appointment today and I agreed to get the blood work done. In the summer I got my allergies tested by a natural path..who said I had a few high sensitivities. However I am debating about going to an actual allergist to be on the safe side. I just want to get better. Thank you