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I just was given the results of my allergy blood test and my skin prick test. I am negative for all foods they tests for. There's another condition that mimics allergies, but she doesn't think I have that either.

No idea why I present as allergic when I'm not.

Back to the drawing board I guess.

I will be leaving here since I'm not allergic according to my allergist. I want to thank everyone for their support. I have learned so much to take with me into the big world.

Hopefully my PCP can figure out what is going on. I still can't eat without problems. But, I'm at a loss.

I had a total brain fart. I made ravioli for dinner yesterday and ate leftovers today. Dumb. I am dumb. It was cheese ravioli. I have been so miserable. For some unknown reason, my brain refused to process that it was CHEESE ravioli. Yesterday I was convinced it was the shaker can dry parmesan. So I ate it today without the parmesan. I'm worse today. Husband bought the ravioli before we found out I had dairy issues.

I cannot believe it didn't register that the raviolis were cheese. Ugh.

Husband bought me some Annie's quick man-n-cheese. Did not list soy as an ingredient. I had a reaction. Didn't need my epi-pen but it wasn't pleasant.

Poor guy, this time he went through the entire aisle of mac-n-cheese to see what I can have and what caused the problem. Pea protein. Annie's has pea protein. Just to warn those who have issues with pea protein. I don't know if it's listed as pea protein on the box or not. He didn't buy them since I can't eat them.

I can handle Kraft basic mac-n-cheese ok. I have dairy issues, but let's face it, Kraft doesn't use much real milk in their basic mac-n-cheese anyway. I just don't eat much.

Allergies are terrible things.

Post is bit longer than I wanted. It's also rambling some. Sorry about that.

My MIL is a witch. She sends me home crying too often. I finally am refusing to see her ever again. Husband has finally accepted my decision after 30 years of pushing me to move on and continue to go over. He has never confronted her when she makes me cry, other than to ask her to stop being mean to his wife. He talks a good talk, but doesn't have the balls to stand up to his mother. His 2 brothers can't stand up to her either.

She gave me a consolation jewelry set in 2022 when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. But things from her always have a price. I accepted it because I didn't want to fight with my husband over some jewelry while I was fighting cancer.

After this last blow up, I want to return the jewelry. Just walk in, set it down, and walk out. Husband is freaking out and trying to "be the man of the house" by telling me no. He says it will look petty if I give it back now. I still want to give it back. Look petty be damned. I was never happy with being given it. She really wanted to give it to a step-granddaughter. But SGD refused the set. That side of the family call her grammy-mart. I'm guessing the set is too small to resell.

[I know I have a SO problem. He and his brothers are enmeshed and that's how she likes it. She's also 80 and she's the only parent he has left.

She has Afib and likes to use her heart as an excuse for why you can't defend yourself or be confrontational when she's being a witch. She never accepts responsibility for her actions, so that wouldn't even occur to her to do so.

My therapist said my MIL sounds like the type of person who pretends to be nice, but is really mean at heart. They hold it all in until they blow up on someone, usually a DIL. My therapist is curious who she's going to target next. My money is on my husband. He's her least favorite and mostly forgotten son.

I feel like she gave it to me as a consolation prize. I don't feel right keeping it. It makes me feel dirty and 2nd best. It did when she gave it to me. Is it petty to give it back now that I've decided to stop letting her abuse me? Probably. He doesn't want to have that conversation with his mom, so he told me I'm not allowed to give it back. Would I be an AH, and justified in being petty, if I gave it back anyway? He won't let me give it away or throw it out until she's dead either.

I found the original post finally-

https://www.reddit.com/r/AgingParents/comments/1vj311a/i_am_done_shes_not_my_problem_anymore_i_quit

I don't know if anyone remembers my post about my MIL yelling at me because of my SIL and me going NC with her. I have no idea how to find it to link here. Reddit does not have a Search old posts I've made function that I can find.

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I have stood strong and not gone over. My husband hasn't gone over as much either. She is now treating her middle son, my husband, as unimportant. He's always been the forgotten son, but she's taking it to a whole new level.

She talks to him, but has cut him out of helping her in any way, shape, or form. Instead of admitting she was an AH, she is punishing him. She hasn't even asked him to get her groceries. He noticed there is barely anything in the house. So we think she's ordering from the local pizza place, mostly. She may ask her oldest to get her the basics, but he doesn't know how to grocery shop.

She isn't ordering groceries to be delivered. She doesn't even have a debit card. When my FIL died, she applied for one credit card. They denied her because she had no credit. Everything was in my FILs name. Even the cars were under his credit. My mom did the same thing. This seems to be a Baby Boomer generation issue? When the women got the right to have their own credit, they just didn't.

Yes, I know the bank would give her a debit card. She has refused. We have told her it isn't the same as a credit card, but she holds grudges. It was the bank that refused to issue her a credit card.

I feel bad for my husband. In anger, I told her if she was so capable of doing everything herself, I would tell my husband to let her drive herself to the store and get her own groceries. So she's taking it out on him, since I haven't shown up. I'm still not showing up. Our relationship is over due to her own choices. Husband isn't pushing it either. He reminded me this was the 3rd time she yelled at me when she was mad at someone else. That doesn't include all the little digs over 30+ years.

I talked to my therapist about this. She told me some people have a nice and good person public face, but are really mean inside. I was told that people like that always pick at least one family member, usually a DIL, to take it out on. Therapist is curious who she's going to go after next because she will only be able to keep it bottled up for so long before she goes off on her new target.

Husband said it won't be him because he won't put up with it. From what I see, she's trying to make it him. Instead of that working she's pushing him away.

Waiting to see how this all plays out.

I have always been able to drink Crazy Cups caffeinated cocoa in the tub. I just bought more in May when they went on sale from the main website. I just finished my last tub from last years purchase 3 days ago. Opened a new container, it tasted different. Got a stomach ache but didn't think anything of it. I'm an idiot. Yep, I'm a total idiot. I trusted the canister. Yesterday had a 2nd cup. Allergic reaction. Did not have breathing issues, but everything else was so much fun. /s

I checked the new can versus my empty old can. Same ingredients. Same warnings. But different taste and never had a reaction before. Threw out all 6 new tubs.

I wrote Crazy Cups. And changed my review on Amazon. If I had ordered it through Amazon last time, I would think it was from a 3rd party seller. But I bought it directly from the company.

They definitely changed the ingredients. Then were too cheap to update the packaging.

I'm ok. Didn't need my epipen and got through it. I can't wait for my allergist appointment end of September. I hope to find out what I'm actually allergic to.

I've known for several months now that my Grandma's dying from cancer. I was able to visit when she still felt fairly well. My aunts were respectful and didn't push for me to reconcile. My visit was about my Grandma.

I've known since I went NC 4+ years ago I wouldn't be attending her funeral. That was one of the prices I would have to pay to be estranged from my mom. It's very hard to know I can't be there to support everyone else, but I know my mother hasn't changed. Hasn't even tried.

I have waffled about going or not going to the funeral since being told by my aunt that grandma was dying. But have decided not to go.

Where I have broken NC was texting my mom my sympathy from my husband's phone. She doesn't have my number and I want to keep it that way. Unlike so many of your parents, Mom has been taking the route of ignoring me harder than I went NC with her. She may have BPD and is being vindictive because she's not in control of our relationship anymore.

My heart still wants to go to the funeral. My husband is off this week- vacation. But I will stand strong. This is the price we all pay for our mental health. The cost is high.

If anyone has read this far, thank you.

Only been here a few weeks. Started by dealing with a soy allergy. I am in a food allergies sub for support with that. Once I was getting that under control, I found I couldn't drink skim milk without all kinds of fun. /s. Thought I could still each cheese. Come here. It was recommended to try Lactaid milk. Reduced fat Lactaid still gave me issues. I am now drinking fat free Lactaid milk. So I have troubles with the milk fat too, I guess? I do not know how to test to see if it's the lactose or the milk fat. But regular Skim milk has like almost no fat. But as things have gone on and I've been doing trial and error of removing stuff from my diet, the latest culprit was cheddar cheese. So no more cheese. I had already given up ice cream. I put the Parmesan and provolone cheese in the freezer just to be safe. A near week of the toilet and I being close friends was too much.

I see a GI specialist end of this month and an allergy specialist end of September. Which doctor would be the one who can figure out if it's lactose intolerance or not? I mean, I have to put all of it on all the paperwork, but I like to focus on the matters the doctor is specialized for.

My husband is being supportive, but confused. I used to drink milk by the gallon. Cheese was my best friend. I reminded him my guts have been a mess for decades because of the soy, so I could always have had issues with dairy and not known. Or it could be new.

It's been a long time, but should I tell whichever specialist can help me that my parents used to buy us raw milk when we were kids. My mom used to break out with that raw of milk. She gave up milk completely when I was in college. I haven't been able to tolerate whole milk in decades. Had issues with 2% eventually and had to switch to skim several years ago. I know now that skim is the worst thing I could have done. But we were convinced it was the milk fat.

Edit- sorry I'm nervous. Hence the rambling. Trying to clean it up with less ramble.

Update- I see the term is nibling. I don't think they like the term, I will ask what they would like to be used instead.

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Please don't take my title the wrong way. They didn't even know of a good word to change nephew to. They came out as trans nonbinary to us this year. They/Them. Offered to answer questions. They told me they prefer they/them. What their true name is. They are happy now. Their fiance is supportive and happy for them.

I am trying but I mess up. I'm used to LGBT. Not the extras. I end up being confused. I gladly Google. Self identity is crucial to an individuals well being. I want to learn.

In the end I am cool with whatever makes them happy. I love them as they are. And am glad they are happy. Seeing them smile for the first time recently was like seeing them smile for the first time when they were a baby. They are happy with themselves.

But I slip up. I told their dog say bye to daddy when they were dropping her off. I felt terrible about the sad look on their face. I apologized immediately. And asked what term they would prefer. They settled on roommate and smiled when i said roommate it is.

I want to be the best aunt I can be for them and their fiance. She has been wonderful for them. They are great together.

Other family members have varying degrees of at least public acceptance. But some not supportive things are said behind their back. I don't know what to respond when I hear "It's just a phase." "It's because of all those new friends they associate with." "It's because it's the current fad to be different." "He will always be a boy."

I know I should step up and advocate. I'm cool with that. I am not sure what to say.

Also, can someone let me know of a good alternative to niece/nephew? They are new to this and didn't know what to use, but don't like male or female terms.

Thank you for all your understanding and advice that I hope is coming. They also are rocking so very cool lime green shade of hair right now. Told them it takes a very confident person to wear that color and good for them. They have discovered jewelry. They rock it better than I ever did.

I hope it's ok I'm here. I see a lot of poop pictures so I'm not sure I'm in the right place. I'm hoping for somewhere where people talk about interconnected or general GI issues. I'm in a couple of GI issue groups but my issues overlap in multiple directions. I'm still working on getting sorted out what the problem is. One person asked my "why are you here?" because I posted overlapping issues.

I wanted to smart off and say, "I don't know. Maybe get support, understanding and compassion?" I didn't but I wanted to. I'm reaching at straws trying to figure out what is wrong enough to get through waiting on doctors to see me for the first time and then waiting longer to get testing started.

I'm guessing the GI specific groups only want you there once you're diagnosed officially? And don't you dare have more than one issue.

Initially, my PCP decided I had gastroparesis. Cue boring music. But it kept getting worse. I was living on smoothies and still feeling bad. He refuse to address it. Blamed my diabetes and made it all my fault. I had been on Ozempic for 7 years. That's a whole different nightmare.

I pushed him to send me to a hematologist for an unrelated, as far as I know, issue. Hematologist found I had high white blood cell count and inflammation. My guts are inflammed. So I now have an appointment this month to see a GI specialist about getting scoped. Hematologist is trying to find out if all my blood is coming out through my GI tract.

I'm pretty sure I have figured out why the GI tract is a mess. I was trying to make my smoothies go down better and decided to try tofu instead of bananas. I'm diabetic as well. Body finally let me know I'm allergic to soy.

PCP told me to just stop eating soy. It's in freaking everything. AH. I made my own appointment with an allergist. I see them next month. I am so lucky to have really good insurance here in the US.

After stopping soy I realized that my guts have never felt good my whole life. I'm thinking I have always had an allergy to soy and I've been microdosing myself for 50 years. I never got hives even after eating tofu. I just itched everywhere and was in GI hell. Can't eat peas or beans either. They're in the soy family and don't like me.

I thought GI pain was normal. My parents only took you to medical professionals if you were bleeding or something else equally extreme. Most people didn't know better. Remember, this was when people still thawed meat on the countertop.

I don't do underwater well, like at all. I managed 1 trip for Crystal Sulphide. I have been building up my exosuit to swim more. Then I got a new mission about looking for a lost ship- underwater. If you know, you know. Don't you know the mission popped up at the worst toxic hell I have found so far. I have technology loss turned off. Which was a good thing, cause the ship was 130 underwater. Doesn't sound bad to many of you, but it was hard for me.

I died some because I wasn't ready for the water being so toxic. I'm annoyed because I had to turn off the environmental to reach the ship. I am focusing on getting environmental upgrades for my hazard and resistances. I always got out of my starfighter, scanned a few things and ran. I had 1 upgrade on myself and wasn't paying attention the first time and fast enough to recharge the 2nd time.

But I did it. I swam underwater deeper than 30. Couldn't see worth a crap because if was murky and night. But I did it.

Going to build my first underwater base. I got some of the outpost stuff. I'm on a 2nd run for salvaged data.

I found a temperate world that just tried to boil you to death when it rains. But the water isn't evil.

I'm going to play around with making an underwater base in shallow water to practice. I'm going to have to find a YouTube video on how to do it.

Update 2: Husband is mad at her because he just talked to her about this exact problem within the last 6 months. Last time I just took it and came home. He is processing about the way he wants to handle it. Tomorrow we've got stuff to do, so he's going to avoid her while he thinks. Honestly, I told him it won't do any good to talk to her. She won't take accountability. She's not going to tell him we had a fight. I asked him to let me know what what is going on when he talks to her. He promised he would. I also told him she has been nasty to me more than he hears. I just took it because I love him and want to help his stress level. He feels terrible because he knows how his mother can be. I said to him, to me the problem is solved. I'm done. She pushed so hard that she gets what she thinks she wants which is for me to go away. He understands. She played that game with him, too. Like he said he stopped going over for 2 weeks when she did that and things fell apart because the rest don't pay attention or think. I'm still done and I told him that.

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Update 1: Husband got back to me and apologized for the way she treated me. He said he'll be arguing with her this tomorrow over this. I told him ok, but I won't change my mind about helping her or setting foot in her house. In a week or two she'll be asking him if I'm ok because she hasn't seen me in a while. I told him to tell her the truth. I'm done because of her. She refuses to take responsibility for her actions and words. SO that'll be a fun conversation for him. /s

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My MIL is fighting any and all help. She resents not being able to do things and won't let people help her. I have been going over once or twice a week just to ask if she needs anything. If she says no I back off. Her BS is affecting my mental health and she's not my mother. I was doing it to help my husband with his stress because his brothers don't help much. My therapist told me to back off and I have. I can't talk about her to my therapist anymore because she is a mandatory reporter and MIL is on the line for my therapist to have to report her.

All week my SIL and BIL have been at my MILs house. The needed to get a window replaced and the guy wouldn't do it unless it was in a garage. They also gave a 6 hour window. So SIL and her daughter stayed from 12-6 twice. My SIL is a very in charge type of person. So she did what she wanted at MILs house despite my MIl asking her not to. MIL won't let her anger out on anyone but me. So she wasn't forceful with the SIL. She just sat back and let my SIL push her around.

She had some distant cousins come in mid-week and they stayed all day too. Then her neighbor was moving some of his stuff out of his house at 9 pm. That was keeping her dogs up so she couldn't sleep.

I went over today to see if MIL had a grocery list for my husband on his way home from work. She unloaded on me today. I got defensive and reminded her I ask before doing anything. She said I don't and everyone wants to control her life. She also accused me of getting defensive. I told her I was because I let her do her thing. She kept interrupting me and raised her voice at me. I finally told her that my therapist told me to back off. She told me good and I need to listen to her because she doesn't need anyone's help. I offered to tell my husband to let her get her own groceries. She said that's different because we know she can't drive.

I got mad. And left. She told me that is my choice. I told her I am mad and she is mad and we don't need to be talking with when we're mad.

I texted my husband at work and let him know what was going on. I was venting and called his mom some choice names. He told me I don't have to convince him because he knows how she is and he'll handle it tomorrow. He prefers to get told at work in text so he's not getting unloaded on when he gets home.

I'm done. I won't set foot in her house ever again. If she calls I'll tell her to call 911 or one of her sons. If my husband is home, he's getting the phone.

I'm my MILs only friend. She has now tore the bridge down and set it on fire.

Update- I want to thank the community for their answers. I'm new at this. I found out what we think the problem is. It's my soy allergy kicked up. Husband and I talked. I'm going to really cut back on my diet for at least a few days and reintroduce things slowly. I'm thinking it'll take at least a week of eating boiled chicken breast and rice or mashed potatoes. I forgot I can't eat peas. The salad mix had some peas in it. Husband helped me go through what I ate until we figured out what we think is the culprit. Won't know anything for sure until I get to see my GI at the end of the month and the allergist end of next month. Then we get to do testing and hopefully start getting some answers.

Thank you for letting me know how to take the Lactase suppliment.

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Would like to know how long an attack typically lasts. I drank Reduced Fat Lactaid this morning- 8:30 am, 14 oz. I have been sick since. It's now 1+ pm. Took some Pepto. I'm hungry and scared to eat. Online told me it's the fat more than the lactose. I haven't had cheese since last night on a salad. Regardless, I'm only going to use Lactaid in my coffee from now on. I have a soy allergy that presents the same way, but haven't eaten any soy.

I have Lactase pills on order. Do I take those every day? Or only when I may drink or eat something with lactose?

New to knowing my intolerance. Wanted a bagel for dinner since my roast chicken wasn't ready. Without thinking put some cream cheese on a bagel and down it went. Didn't think about it until the discomfort started. Thankfully, it wasn't a lot of cream cheese. But, dang, cream cheese farts as bad.

Ok. I had been on Ozempic/Rybellsus for 7 years due to diabetes. Since I went on it my general GI discomfort that I lived with all my life, went to a whole new level. I have been off Ozempic for over 1 year. But the pain level didn't go away.

It finally hit me that those medications slow down digestion. So all my allergens and intolerances were sitting in my GI track for a long time.

Being the nice person I am, I joined the subreddit to let others know if they are having issues with Ozempic the problem might not be the medication. They may have an allergy to something and Ozempic has made it worse.

According to one kind person who commented [she was nice], it is common knowledge that Ozempic makes GI issues worse. This includes food allergies and/or food intolerances.

No one ever told me that. I have had a known nut allergy for 16 years. It's on all my files with every doctor and pharmacy I've used since I discovered it. Why are doctors and pharmacists giving people medications that can make their allergies even worse? Getting my A1c down does me no good if I have an allergy that will then kill me because it's unknown and now worse than before.

Granted, this was one person in another subreddit. But the information tracks from my personal experience. My nut allergy got worse after being on the medications. My GI got worse after being on it. Has anyone else heard this about Ozempic? Or is this person just watching a TikTok influencer who says stuff for clicks?

Update because I posted this wrong and it was suggested I use a TLDR.

I also won't be staying in this subReddit much longer. I am no longer an Ozempic user and don't feel it's best for me to be here. I just wanted to bring up about the allergy connection. Thank you everyone for being so nice. Sorry I got so wordy.

TLDR: it was other issues not ozempic.

Not here to bash Ozempic. It works wonder for a lot of people. It's a Godsend to many for diabetes control and weight loss. I feel I need to add this disclaimer first because of the controversial public opinions about Ozempic.

I was on Ozempic for nearly 3 years. Before that I was on Rybellsus for nearly 4- the pill form of these medications. I was put on them for my T2 diabetes. They worked wonders for getting my A1c under control. I also got my weight down 20 pounds. I started out at 280+ and dropped weight to 260+ pounds. Lost a whole size in clothing. That was the good part.

Bad part. This is just my personal observation of my own health because no one has done studies on it.

My digestion and ability to eat while on Ozempic/Rybellsus got worse the longer I was on it. It was to the point I had to drink smoothies for most of my meals. I couldn't eat anything that wasn't mushy. Naturally, I believed it was the medication. So I demanded to be taken off of it. Even my doctor believed I had developed a tolerance to Ozempic after all the time I was on it, close to 7 years total.

BUT- after being off of them for a while, my stomach issues persisted. My doctor felt I should be over the Ozempic side-effects after 6 months. He decided I had diabetic gastroparesis. Didn't look into anything else. Just blamed me.

None of this made sense. Yes, some people have long term issues after going off Ozempic, but most people have no issues. So I started paying attention and trying to figure it out on my own.

My blood work said I have GI inflammation. I remember old blood work pre-Ozempic that said the same thing and was ignored by my doctors. All of them ignored it.

Me having to drink smoothies continued. I could no longer even drink fruit smoothies. They upset my stomach. In an effort to get my blood sugar down, I switched bananas to tofu. Then the truth came out. I was severely allergic to soy. I stopped eating soy and my GI issues vanished within a few weeks!

It is the normal effect of Ozempic to slow your digestion. I now believe my soy allergy was extra aggravated by the soy staying in my GI tract longer. I don't blame Ozempic. It was doing what it was supposed to do. The fault seems to be the soy allergy.

After that, the only time I got sick was when I drink cow milk. So I am probably lactose intolerant too. Couple the soy with the lactose problem and it explains my GI issues pretty well.

My whole point of this is to tell people that are having digestive issues with Ozempic to see if something else, like an allergy is really the culprit. This experience has been eye opening for me. I am considering writing to Ozempics manufacturer and letting them know my experience. I don't know if they know it is even a possibility. Who thinks of allergies being made worse by it.

Anyway, good luck in your journey to better health.

I get stomach discomfort, bloating, and gas every time I drink milk now. Honestly, I don't know how long it's been this way. I just learned last month I have a soy allergy which centered on my GI tract. My stomach has been messed up since I was a kid. I'm 53 and feel like I'm falling apart.

I hated asking AI, but doctors don't listen anymore. I'm getting a new GP next month. I hope she's better.

I used to drink 2% all the time, but switched to skim when my doctor insisted I had diabetic gastroparesis. He refused to hear anything else. I really don't think I ever had gastroparesis. When I dropped soy out of my diet, I started to feel better. As I've been healing from the soy damage, milk has started causing issues.

I can eat cheese, butter, and yogurt without problems- so far. If I lose butter I'm screwed. I haven't found a soy free alternative yet.

Mainly I'm whining because I love milk. Milk was a treat growing up because it was expensive, we were very poor. Once I moved out, I used to drink milk all day every day. My stomach always hurt anyway, so who knew.

Curious how lactose-free substitutes for cow milk? I am allergic to tree nuts, so those milks are out. I have had oatmilk, coconut milk, and rice milk in smoothies before. Oatmilk doesn't taste like cow milk at all. Coconut makes everything taste tropical. I've only ever found one company that makes rice milk and it's almost always sold out. I guess the manufacturer only makes so much. Don't want it to go unsold. I was told by Dream that they should be stocked again mid-August.

I cringe about the price tags on all these alternatives. It'll cut my consumption down considerably.

Thank you all for pushing me.

I called my old PCP about getting an epipen. He wasn't in today but will see it tomorrow. If he says no, I'm going to pay for one.

I also did a deep dive online and found a different doctor who lives a closer. Husband and I can't see her until next month. Yay, being a new patient. So I won't have to see the old PCP again in October.

Called and made an appointment with an allergist as well. I can't get in until end of September unfortunately. But I'll take it. Gives me time to contact my insurance and see what allergy tests they'll cover.

Thank you all again. I probably would have let it all slide if it weren't for all of you pushing.

PS- I can't eat beans either- poo. Totally messes up my chili.

Update: My reaction passed. I'm calling my current PCP office today and requesting an Epipen.

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My soy allergy reared its ugly head a few weeks ago. I probably always had it but didn't know it.

Made beef stew for dinner. Thankfully, I didn't eat much. Peas set off my allergy. Mild itchiness on my inner arm, lips, and tongue. My guts started aching again. Took an allergy pill and some Benadryl for it. Starting to feel better.

I had read that peas and beans are related to soy, but was hoping I could eat them. Nope. Not even going to try baked beans. Just skipping that pain.

I got my iron transfusion last Tuesday. I had a reaction to the formula. So they had to deal with that. I had told my husband if it was going to be 3-4 hours he could go home. They said 2 hours. So he stayed. I'm glad he did because when I started having my reaction, he went to get help.

I came home and napped. After I woke up, I felt high i felt so good. I still feel pretty good several days later. I haven't felt this good in nearly 20 years.

What caused my anemia isn't fixed, so I know this is temporary. But it is so nice not being exhausted constantly. I see a GI doctor about getting my insides scoped end of August. Hematologist wants to figure out where all the blood is going or if there is something else wrong.

Fight for yourself against the system. It's so hard to do when you just want to lay down all the time. I know. But I'm glad I pushed the issue with my GP. He's an self-important idiot. He told me no and I refused to accept that. If your doctor keeps saying no, make them put it in your chart. Including WHY they are refusing. Hold them accountable.

I'm looking into changing GPs at the moment. I don't know if another will be any better, so many of you talk about how terrible yours are. But I have to try. I don't want to go back to feeling exhausted and foggy.