Most of you who know me, know my struggle with my weight. What you may not know is that last Oct I lost all my hearing in my right ear and that lead me to my EN&T doctor and my allergy specialist. After months of testing by both and an MRI I still can't hear and they can find no reason for my hearing loss. (Go figure) LOL!
I am finding that this is not a common allergy and that Restaurants have never heard of such a thing.
BOP
No Citrus at all
No Spices of any kind. I found I can have Pepper without alot of problems.
No Herbs
No sweetner
No flavorings
No bake goods
No Tomatoes or anything with tomato base
No wine, beer
No Gin, vermouth, vodka
No flavored Tea or Coffee
this is just the basics
If you know of anyone with this allergy please give them my info and have them get in contact with me. I would like to share recipes and find out what others are doing with this allergy. I have done a lot of searches on this but there is not a lot out there.
After asking my allergy specialist about possible food allergies she said I had no symptons of a "food allergy". So she decided to do a more extensive Chemical Patch test. Where I had to get 3 patches applied and wear them for 3 days. I went in on a Wednesday to get the patches put on. I went back on Friday and they removed them. I had to go back on a Monday for her to read them. I could not get that area wet that whole time.
When I went back for the reading they measured all my test and then I waited for the doctor to give me my results. When she came in she said! Well I have good news and bad news! Ok, I said. The good news was that I was only allergic to 2 chemicals. I am so sorry to have to tell you that The bad news is that those 2 chemicals are in just about everything.
There were 3 people in the office with her when she gave my my results. They handed my a paper with the First chemical Balsam of Peru (BOP) and everything I could not have because of the that. The list is quite extensive.
Then came the news about the second chemical Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) and basically that is in everything else. Her assistants handed me about 45 pages of what has this chemical in it.
I looked at everyone in the room all of which had somber faces and I said Woo Hoo! I am finally going to lose weight! They all started cracking up! Me too, but I was serious.
That Diagnosis came on April 30th 2018 and since that day I have now lost 25 lbs.
It has been quite an adventure to say the least but I am making this work for me. I am not focusing on what I can't have, but what I can. Which really isn't much and that's okay.
You know what they say when life gives you lemons you make lemonade, or as I used to say with a little Tequila too! Oh wait, I can't have lemons or Tequila anymore, Now I say, when life give you lemons I make lemonade for someone else. Me I will have another glass of water, please. LOL!
All that just to tell you that I have lost 25 lbs. Talk about making a short story long.
Actually last night at Weight Watchers I got my 25 lb award and my actual loss so far is 26.8. I had joined WW about 6 month before my diagnosis and had only lost 10 lbs then so my total loss is now 36.8
I am finding that this is not a common allergy and that Restaurants have never heard of such a thing.
BOP
No Citrus at all
No Spices of any kind. I found I can have Pepper without alot of problems.
No Herbs
No sweetner
No flavorings
No bake goods
No Tomatoes or anything with tomato base
No wine, beer
No Gin, vermouth, vodka
No flavored Tea or Coffee
this is just the basics
If you know of anyone with this allergy please give them my info and have them get in contact with me. I would like to share recipes and find out what others are doing with this allergy. I have done a lot of searches on this but there is not a lot out there.
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