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Hello,

 

I'm Scott. I've been vegan for 8 years, and I believe I have a Wheat

and Soy allergy. I've been struggling with the doctors to determine

the cause of my problems.

 

About 8 weeks ago, after attending my son's 2nd birthday party, where

I ate a lot of white flour pizza with vegan cheese (Vegan Gourmet) to

be exact. I began sick with an terrible taste in my mouth and an

extremely foul smelling belch (hopefully nobody was eating while

reading this message.) I noticed some pain in my stomach that got

progressively worse. My stomach hurt for 2-3 more weeks, and I lost

about 15 lbs. I lost the weight because I just didn't want to eat and

experience more pain, even though I was definitely hungry.

 

I had a Cat Scan done (showed nothing major that could be causing my

stomach pain. My blood results looked fine (only questionable numbers

were my Eosinophil count (504), and Eosinophil % (12), but the doc

felt there was no reason for concern. I went to a GI doc, and he did

an Endoscopy. He didn't see anything, so no Biopsy was done. I have

a niece that has Celiac's, and she felt he made a mistake, because her

doc didn't see anything either, until he did a biopsy.

 

9 days ago, I had some pizza with Soy and Wheat, and within an hour, I

began to sneeze a lot, noticed my nose and throat filling up with

mucous. The next day, my stomach pains were back. I then gave up

Wheat and Soy again for another 5 days, and tried Soy only this time.

Within an hour, I was sneezing, albeit, a lot less this time. The

next day, I had mild stomach pains for a short time.

 

So, I'm back to avoiding Wheat & Soy Foods, and so far feel pretty

good. I'm hoping to get an official diagnosis soon, so I know exactly

what is wrong.

 

I'd like to share some recipes and hear what symptoms and issues

everyone else is having.

 

-Scott