I believe I have mentioned before that I have Alpha-Gal which in from a tick bite. I have had this for almost 5 years now and have done well managing it with my diet of no mammal meats and later no dairy. I don't tolerate gluten, or wheat very well ether, as I get hoarse and have a funky smell in my nose. Anyway, last labs done in the fall showed no allergy to beef or pork and my AG number was down to normal. Well I have been eating very small amounts of bacon this winter and no problem, then this past week I think I filled my histamine bucket to the top and it ran over. Had some bacon, and some probable hidden dairy plus gluten overload. And no one knows what will trip it over the top. Ended up with a pretty bad case of angeoedema which is just a swelling into the tissues with the area being red, hot, painful, and very itchy at same time. I have had regular hives but nothing like this. takes up my entire upper arm. Trip to Urgent care and put on Prednisone. Taking Benadryl. But this to shall pass. Lesson learned, don't pay any attention to the labs as they Lie.
So just throwing that out here to record. We are planning on heading back to Texas in a week. 2 weeks ago Al had a pretty bad TIA and was in hosp a couple days but no brain bleed or clots. So we are making sure every day is used wisely and I need to get him back to the coast before something happens again and he won't be able to travel. Oh, today is his 90th birthday! Cruise ship is from our trip 2019. So glad we went when we did.
