So saying, she cut me loose (medical)

[drwex]

I heard back from the GI doc today. All my bloodwork leads her to believe it's a food allergy, due to lack of positive results for everything else. I say "leads" because they (Lahey) don't have a test for allergy to eggplant/tomatoes. She was under the impression they did, and apologized for misleading me. On the other hand, we have baselines for histamine and mast-cell levels, a definite no on shellfish allergies, and some clearer picture of how bad my nut allergy is.

She's promised to send me a writeup on all that, along with her notes on what else she tested for, all of which came back negative. From a gastro-intestinal perspective there's nothing more she can do for me so next up should be a discussion with an allergist, if I want it. Her feeling is that we've identified the cause so I should stop eating those foods and only take action if something else presents as a problem. She suggested a particular allergist she likes to work with and whom she regards as progressive in the field.

I'm not 100% happy with this answer, but I'll wait to read her full writeup before I make any decisions.

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[sykotropic.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure this will help or not, but Martin Ehrlich is a doc here in NY, located here: http://www.healthandhealingny.org/

He as well as Dr. Pamela Hops have been treating my family (self, child, child to be, husband and father) for several years now. Under the care of these docs my father has managed his prostate cancer without radiation or surgery for 2 years and I have been off asthma medications for 5+ years (the asthma was primarily triggered by subtle interactions of food allergies and environment). Anyway, it might be worth an email to see if they would suggest someone in your area who might be able to help you in a holistic manner. You are welcome to use our family names to hopefully prompt a response (ask desiringsubject for details)

[drwex]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll talk to the allergist and see what he says. If I feel like I'm out of options I may look for additional input.