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  1. catsmeow
    Yes, Zantac is stopping the airborne allergies to wheat. I can't eat wheat still, but the Zantac is eliminating the airborne portion of my wheat allergy....YAY!!! I didn't eat the dinner rolls at the grocery store, I jsut smelled them by taking a deep breath. Before Zantac, this would have cause an anaphylactic reaction, an epi-pen stick, a trip to the...
  2. catsmeow
    Thank you! Your explanation sounds much like the doctors. I swear I need a doctorates degree to understand this stuff!! I am going to be positive and believe you when you say it will keep working....I can't go back to bubble girl status...I CAN"T....I WON"T....Oh the HorRoR.... I would love to find the article in thyroid.com that irishHeart...
  3. catsmeow
    Irish Heart, thanks for the great explanation, I did not know that gluten intolerant people experienced the histamine thing too. I did find a big study about histamine 2 and the relationship between it and asthma, food allergies. and Eosinophilic Enteropathy, and how people improve with the use of a histamine 2 blocker from these conditions. It's a tough...
  4. catsmeow
    I am sure the doc had it right, but it was hard for me to try to explain because it went over my head badly....LOL Do you have a better explanation? Maybe it would be good to write if you do. I wish I had had a recorder on when she was explaining it...but all I know, is that it's working, and I couldn't be happier. Of course, I am fearful that it will...
  5. catsmeow
    To all that know me and all of you fellow sufferers of wheat allergies who also suffer debilitating airborne reactions like me; I have finally found a solution and I hope and pray it keeps working. I've been airborne reaction free for a week now, so I thought it was time to share. The story: I went to a new doctor last week about a ladies issue I...
  6. catsmeow
    GGGGRRRR..that is TRue for my local HEB grocery store!!!
  7. catsmeow
    GOOD ONE!!!!!
  8. catsmeow
    I was thinking the same thing, but I wonder how much traffic it would get since allergies are the minority. However, I would love to have a place where we can all compare notes and not feel so all alone.
  9. catsmeow
    WOW....now I know why I react in Home Depot so bad. That place kills me, especially when I am in the lumber area. My husband always tells me not to come with him when he goes to lumber. He has noticed my reactions get worse over there. Thanks for this info!!!!! It makes PERFECT sense!
  10. catsmeow
    Wow Shauna, thanks for writing this! I've never heard an explanation for why my reactions are different on any given day. I always just say "My mileage may vary" Meaning somedays, a cracker in the room nearly sends me to the hosp, and other times it doesn't. It makes perfect sense that my body is primed for another worse reaction because of elevated IgE...
  11. catsmeow
    AAAWWW....that gives me warm fuzzies. What a sweet young lady!!!
  12. catsmeow
    I made it through the wheaty jungle unscathed thanks to my breath easy mask. I'm here to report that it worked! It worked on the food (wheat), but not on perfume. A lady sprayed perfume on herself right before she left,and I felt slightly dizzy despite the mask. It didn't work "all" the way on the freshley sprayed perfume, but the mask worked well enough...
  13. catsmeow
    I have a severe wheat allergy and airborne wheat causes me the same histamine reactions as you described. I cannot even be in peoples houses. I swear, I wish the airborne aspect would go away. Being gluten free is easy compared to dealing with reacting everytime I'm within 5 feet of so much as a cracker. I even get hives in my mouth from airborne wheat...
  14. catsmeow

    Thank you for the "friending" invite :) It's a pleasure to "meet" you and I wish you a happy Thanksgiving! Cheers, Irish

  15. catsmeow
    Can you describe your reactions? What are they like? Are they histamine type reactions?
  16. catsmeow
    Airborne wheat didn't bother me until I was gluten free for around a year, but everyone is different, and I thought I would mention it, in case it was an issue for you.
  17. catsmeow
    Hi changed, I do not have Celiac's disease. I have a severe wheat allergy and have a sensitivity to rye and barley. You asked aboout headaches. Before being diagnosed, I was in bed with migraines at least 5 days a week from gluten. It was terrible. Now, I only get headaches when exposed to airborne wheat. Are you getting your headaches when you are...
  18. catsmeow
    Ha ha ha ...I love this saying!!!!! That is a good one!!! If I can block the kryptonite poison from my nose and mouth, I do better. These breatheasy masks are "suppose" to work better than the little blue surgically masks from the hosp. I bought one in light pink and it looks like I'm wearing a pretty pink diaper on my face But I don't care, it...
  19. catsmeow
    ((((cyber hug)))) right back atcha! Thank you. I bought a breatheasy mask, it came in the mail the day before yesterday and I forgot to take it to the grocery store. I would have loved to have tested it to see if it works. Airborne makes you ditzy??? My husband calls this the 50% factor...meaning I only have half a brain when exposed to wheat
  20. catsmeow
    I like your Mama!!!! I really enjoyed reading this!! I heard it's your birthday? Happy birthday hon!
  21. catsmeow
    I just wanted to say thank you to the OP for starting this thread. I needed a good laugh this morning. I'm sitting here still covered in hives from the airborne wheat in the grocery store yesterday, they were baking up a Thanksgiving storm in the bakery,I react the worse to baking wheat. Despite that, I am drinking delicious organic coffee, and having...
  22. catsmeow
    Buy her several varieties of Tinkyada pasta....LOL....tell her, THESE are the safe pastas Mom!!!
  23. catsmeow
    I was in the hosp for 4 days following surgery last October. They didn't have any gluten free regular warm food for me, so this is the stuff that arrived on my tray everyday in various combinations; broth, yogurt, coffee, fruit cups, pudding cups, carnation instant breakfast and milk, juice, and tea. It was gross, but it was food.
  24. catsmeow
    Homemade chicken strips, mac and cheese, and sliced fresh strawberries. Chicken tenderloins breaded in potato starch, fried, then sprinkled with sea salt. Mac and Cheese-Tinkyada spiral noodles, with cheese sauce made with cheddar and velveeta cheese blue box, milk, all purpose gluten-free flour, garlic powder, mustard powder, sea salt and course black...
  25. catsmeow
    I hope you are not developing an allergy to it as well.....but it does sound like it. I have a severe wheat allergy and cannot touch it or be around it at all, or I will go into anaphylaxic shock. I'm carrying 2 epi-pens. My home has to be completely Gluten free, however, I have set up a wheaty kitchen in the garage for my dear patient loving supportive...
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