u/Moonchaser1029

So the title seems kind of dumb, I know that food quality is important and typically eat whole foods; however, Wednesdays are our busy nights with extracurriculars and is always takeout night for us. We typically end up at McDonalds. I know the obvious, bunless burger without ketchup.

I'm staying under 30g net carbs a day and based on my current macros for the day I have enough carbs for a 4pc McNugget (10g net carbs) with room (6g net carbs remaining). I'm trying to be a little less restrictive this time around as the last time I did keto it became unsustainable for me and I fell off hard.

So the question is, if its in my budget should I have them and fulfill what I want in my day? Or since the actual breading is a keto no-no I just pretend they don't exist lol

While flare says venting, this is a positive post and I'm more interested to hear anyone else's take on this.

For well over 10 years I have dealt with random hive flare ups. Originally I was diagnosed with chronic hives. There have been a few "known" triggers, but nothing consistent. Sometimes they would resolve on their own, sometimes I would have to take an antihistamine, but what lead to my UCTD diagnosis was from my allergist.

I went because my hive flares were happening multiple times a month and sometimes multiple times a week with no known trigger. I had bloodwork done (allergy tests and such) and she also decided to run an ANA to see if anything auto immune was going on. That's when my ANA came back positive leading to me going to rheumatology.

Fast forward to my UCTD diagnosis she put me on HCQ. During my first follow up visit I had taken pictures of my flare ups and showed my Dr. what was going on. She wasn't convinced the hives were auto immune and wanted me to seek out a dermatologist since there was nothing evident in my allergy tests. I've just about reached 6 months on the meds and I have not had a hive flareup in nearly 2 months. I brought this up to my rheum and while we're happy they have improved, she's still not convinced that HCQ had anything to do with this (although nothing medical or medications wise has changed since) and still doesn't think my hives are related.

Has anyone dealt with anything similar?