All about my Sammo

[FireWithin]

This is going to be my spot for Sam.

Our family doc is doing a bunch of tests on my boys.

We will be doing a very comprehensive stool test from Geneva.

Got our IGg Elisa test and could use some feedback (Hello Kathy!!)

Most reactions are 1s

1s

avocado

cocoa

crab

gluten

lemon

orange

pear

beet

carob

casein

cheese, blue

cranberry

mango

nutmeg

oyster

plum

quinoa

radish

rosemary

turnip

vanilla bean

2s

brewer's yeast

(is this the same as nutritional yeast??)

3s

baker's yeast

so huge bummer about the baker's yeast.  We don't eat a lot of bread, but Sam's loves what he gets. 

Do you put level 1s on a rotation?  Doc thinks that it is not necessary.  I should just give him the foods.  He thinks that the foods we have been avoiding (dairy, gluten, corn, soy) are a low number because he hasn't had any, but the fact they have a number at all means that he is reactive.  Things like mango, which we eat a lot of , he thinks we should continue.

any opinions??

[FireWithin]

lead - fine

gliadin antibody (IGA)  3  (<11 negative)

IGA  <3  (<5 negative)

immunoglobuilin A  168  (41-368)

immunoglobulin G   1103  (673-1734)

immunoglobulin M 157  (47-31)

B12 4678   (180-914)  ** clearly not processing his supps.  I stopped all by his request, but it doesn't seem to be as black and white as doc suggests.

I highly suspect we have genetic issues he.  hopefully will find out with DS2's genetic test

ferritin  28   (24-336_) on the low end, although not a grave concern, I am giving him floradix and cell salts. We think this is a absorption issue, but a lack of food issue

iron  103.0    (50-212)

total iron binding capacity  344      (250-400)

TSH  0.60              (.34-5.60)

vit D 25 OH           32       (30-100) increasing supps.  Doc wants it around 50

[changingseasons]

Are the 1s's the lowest positives? I probably would do a rotation with them.

Is the IgM really elevated, or did you miss a number in the range?

eta: Oh yeah- and I wouldn't assume that the foods you're avoiding are ok just because they're low-level on the test. They might be low-level *because* you've been avoiding them.

[kjbrown92]

Quote:

Originally Posted by FireWithin 

This is going to be my spot for Sam.

Our family doc is doing a bunch of tests on my boys.

We will be doing a very comprehensive stool test from Genova.

Got our IGg Elisa test and could use some feedback (Hello Kathy!!)

Most reactions are 1s

1s

avocado

cocoa

crab

gluten

lemon

orange

pear

beet

carob

casein

cheese, blue

cranberry

mango

nutmeg

oyster

plum

quinoa

radish

rosemary

turnip

vanilla bean

2s

brewer's yeast

(is this the same as nutritional yeast??)

3s

baker's yeast

so huge bummer about the baker's yeast.  We don't eat a lot of bread, but Sam's loves what he gets. 

Do you put level 1s on a rotation?  Doc thinks that it is not necessary.  I should just give him the foods.  He thinks that the foods we have been avoiding (dairy, gluten, corn, soy) are a low number because he hasn't had any, but the fact they have a number at all means that he is reactive.  Things like mango, which we eat a lot of , he thinks we should continue.

any opinions??

Are 3s the highest and 1s the lowest? For ALCAT it said to avoid them all for 6 months, then rotate in the 1s then the 2s then the 3s (if the 3s are the most severe). You can still make quickbreads like biscuits, etc. without yeast. The Namaste pizza dough doesn't have yeast. Brewer's yeast is not the same as nutritional yeast. As far as I know, brewer's yeast is just used in beer and in vitamins. When DD2 reacted on her intradermal test to yeast and the doctor said brewer's yeast in the office and then baker's yeast on the written thing, I avoided both for a while. We weren't using nutritional yeast at the time so I didn't worry about it at the time.
 

Originally Posted by FireWithin 

lead - fine

gliadin antibody (IGA)  3  (<11 negative)

IGA  <3  (<5 negative)

immunoglobuilin A  168  (41-368)

immunoglobulin G   1103  (673-1734)

immunoglobulin M 157  (47-31)

B12 4678   (180-914)  ** clearly not processing his supps.  I stopped all by his request, but it doesn't seem to be as black and white as doc suggests.

I highly suspect we have genetic issues he.  hopefully will find out with DS2's genetic test

ferritin  28   (24-336_) on the low end, although not a grave concern, I am giving him floradix and cell salts. We think this is a absorption issue, but a lack of food issue

iron  103.0    (50-212)

total iron binding capacity  344      (250-400)

TSH  0.60              (.34-5.60)

vit D 25 OH           32       (30-100) increasing supps.  Doc wants it around 50

what's immunoglobulin M that's way out of range? What is it showing?

How much vitamin D is he saying to give?
 

[FireWithin]

mmm i think that might be a typo.  will update that when im not naking

yes, 1s are low 3s are high

so you would recommend removing all for a while?

it makes sense

then you slowly added them back?

where where carrots on you son's list?

[tanyalynn]

Have you tested the B12 once or twice?  I remember that it was super high in the 4000-range and the doc freaked but you saw symptoms after stopping it--am I remembering right?  But only tested once?

Ferritin that low merited an iron supp for me from my HCP (my iron was w/i range).  That sentence got a cut/paste error--do you think absorption or lack of high iron foods?  But you eat meat, right?  Most people maintain okay iron while eating meat.

Given how you've been dealing with ongoing issues... will you have enough to eat if you avoid all the 1s?  Can you make a workable diet (I know salicylates limit a whole lot too and I don't think all your high sals foods are listed there).  Thing is--you know that you are dealing with a trickier situation than average.  You do a WHOLE LOT more stuff to work on this than the typical mom, even the typical holistic-alternative type mom, and yet your kids still have issues and you are getting sick and such too much.  You're not the average case for that doc--that's why I'd suggest it's reasonable to be more cautious than he suggests, unless/until you get a more concrete reason not to.

Lead was a blood test, right?  So you don't think you have current exposure?  May I ask what the result was?