So DH is obviously gluten intolerant and as a family at meals, we avoid it due to my son's allergy. He also struggles with tomatoes, peppers and beans in regards to acid and extreme agony.
NQ and I will take parts of this down -
DH has a long standing issue with gas (up, never down), bloating and constipation. This isn't a little uncomfortable, this is agony uncomfortable. We have received several thoughts on what it is, but no idea of the cause. He was scheduled for a scope but has rescheduled twice because of financial reasons (one child has met the deductible for the year, the other one is $80 off meeting the deductible - if both meet, then then family has met the deductible which greatly reduces the cost...sad since our year started June 1st). Hoping to find out two things with the scope - Celiac and/or EE (I am leaning towards the latter given he has so many issues with foods).
He has had food allergy testing before with some positives but Dr said not to worry about them (this was about 15 years ago on a basic top-8 panel through an allergist that specializes in environmental allergies, same chain that tried to kill DS1 with their lack of food allergy knowledge). He has had IgG testing which I just went back to look at but other than coffee and gluten, he is fine with everything else on the list (yes, I know it's a load of hooey, but DH gets frustrated when he cannot find results with conventional medicine). Oddly enough the IgG revealed high allergies to milk which he has had issues with until we went to raw. Depending on the scope results, I may push him to go to my son's allergist for food allergy testing. But I am wondering if this falls into the category of intolerance and not a reaction (though the hives have me concerned). He has extreme environmental allergies which got sligthly better with allergy shots.
I am trying to track his intake and get him to write down what he is eating and what he is taking in regards to supplements. Might just be easier for him to admit that I am right once in a while though.
So a few months ago, we noticed he would get incredibly flushed when drinking a potato based vodka. We played it off to the cranberry juice or possibly even the liquor. Then he started developing flushing and hives in the last few weeks. This does not happen with rum and cranberry juice. He is drinking in moderation these days and not often at that given his other issues. Flushing and hives start within the first few sips.
Given that we avoid gluten and DH is not a fan of rice based meals, we eat a lot of potatoes. A lot of potatoes. This week, I made baked potato soup which he had for dinner Tuesday night and lunch on Wednesday (which he tops with cayenne pepper). He is back to being in agony. Initially we thought it was the unpasteurized milk (he has an eggnog for breakfast every morning with raw free range eggs and raw milk) that was making him feel better a few weeks ago. Then we thought it was the combination of supplements (milk thistle, peppermint oil, MSM and a few others. But looking back at the dinner schedule, I realize that was a week that I didn't make many potatoes.
Could it be potatoes? And would anyone like to adopt a husband who cannot eat gluten, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes or deal with brewing coffee (his sinuses immediately plug up with the latter) if that is the case? Already dealing with a very underweight DS1 who is gluten and egg allergic. So potatoes are my go to starch. Dinner hour is stressful enough...
Signed a mom who cannot cook with gluten, egg, most dried beans, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, bananas, certain gas producing veggies, peanuts, tree nuts and now probably potatoes.
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