Follow-Up Re: What do you think? Dr. response to my questions:

[Guest guest]

Kats,

Off doing some more reading, Thanks for the link. It's not really OT

if it is affecting our Thyroid or thyroid levels in my case since I

don't have a thyroid anymore. But it really makes me wonder if it was

a contributing factor of why they never could stabalize my thyroid levels.

Sami

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> I know this is not an allergy board, so the topic is OT a bit..

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> http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec13/ch165/ch165a.html

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> Very interesting reading from Merck..

> Type 1..immediate ige cell type reaction

> Type 2..auto immune disorders ( hashi's etc)

> Type 3..acute inflammation disorders such as Athritis etc.

> Type 4..delayed reaction, excema etc.

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> Hope the link explains the connection..JMO but there is a strong

> connection between them.

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> Kats3boys

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[Guest guest]

> That said, in my gut I know something is wrong. Yet, my Dr. seems to

> explain away everything I've said to him. I took the least worrisome

> notion: perimenopause? Nope my Dr wouldn't hear it, yet I did get him

> to prescribe me birth control pills. I will be switching brands after

> I finish this pack (4th one) as I have been having 2 periods a month

> while on them.

> ~Kate

This birth control pill thing is the biggest and best clue to all of it, and

the fact that this doc doesn't see it just simply amazes me. This is what

happened to me after the death of my first husband, the gushing periods I

had, and the doc tried to STOP them with the birth control pills doubled up.

It should have, but it didn't. Instead, it made them worse, and here's why:

Ordinarily, a healthy thyroid would gear up and down according to the

estrogens they were giving, but if there is a low thyroid problem there, a

quirk in the gland itself, the opposite is going to happen, and it did.

Estrogen is a big thyroid hormone blocker, and that's why it made it worse

in someone who already was an accident waiting to happen. This should have

been my very first clue of things to come, but it wasn't, because I didn't

know anything about the thyroid all those yrs ago. You have reported these

heavy periods even while taking the pill haven't you? The doctor needs to

know this, and then if he doesn't suspect this, he simply doesn't know

anything about the thyroid, let alone how these other hormones are affected

by it.

[Guest guest]

Yeh, it's just horrible when you have these not so subtle reactions to so

called secondary things that can just touch your lips and send you into some

kind of physical tirade, not knowing what the heck is going on or what it

was. People who are allergic to seafood are in a very precarious position

because they never really know (when eating in a restaurant) if their food

was cooked on a grill or in a pan that just simply " touched " the other

stuff. It is so frustrating, and though I haven't been tested or had the

elimination diets lately (yrs), I suspect it may be one of my main problems,

food allergy. It is saddening when you can't just go eat like everybody

else, duh.

Re: Follow-Up Re: What do you think?

Dr. response to my questions:

> With a stage one response, is that like 'life threatening' anaphylaxis

> shock-like or just REALLY noticeable?

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> Wow... I have severe reactions to carageenan and guar gum when in the

> same food, a less severe reaction if I have those two ingredients in the

> same day... I can't imagine have to be careful about what might have been

> cooked before my meal...

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> Topper ()

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> On Sat, 05 May 2007 07:20:20 -0000 " kats3boys " kats3boys@...>

> writes:

>> Just a few notes on myself, and see if it gives you an idea.

>>

>> A few years ago I had a lot of stomach and throat problems..went the

>> GI doc route and the scope and other tests.. I was allergic to the

>> chlorine in the water, got a reverse osmosis system and use it fo

>> rall cooking, mixing, drinking etc.. problem solved..

>>

>> Bounce ahead to being sent back to the allergist as I was having a

>> few reactions( severe) he looks me over and notices the goiter,

>> starts the whole thyroid cycle testing etc..although I eat healthy

>> anyways, I grab the B-Complex..whole foods..make sure I am eating

>> healthy etc..

>>

>> Well turns out I am allergic to the B 12, the antibacterial in the

>> hand soap I was using, not to mention a whole lot of foods high in

>> nickel etc.

>>

>> It is hard to explain..soy is out, and it is in everything..shellfish

>> and fish are out and things like lettuce is out..none of them really

>> bugged me until I had them out of my system for a good month.

>> Today before work I took the boys to DQ..too bad for me the fries

>> were cooked in the same oil as the shrimp..and I could tell after 2

>> fries..

>>

>> What happens is they have gone from being type 4 delayed reactions

>> to type 1 immediate reactions.