Well, looks like I'm still allergic to mammal meat!

[Zeake]

I'm guessing you can't eat rabbit or squirrel either?

Mammals are mammals

 

[payneed]

Mammals are mammals

Are you a zoo-ologist?
Did you leave out porpoise's on purpose?

 

[fast306stang]

Mammals are mammals

Yeah I know, but the following quote made me think it could be a safe possibility...

I just had my first blood test for the syndrome about a month ago, although I've had Alpha Gal for over 10 years now. My beef rating was over 10, and my pork rating was over 5 (lamb was over 3, but I don't consume it ever). The strange part is that I can safely eat pork and have been able to all along. It seems that red meat (and I'm including venison although I don't know if the test includes it) has been my only nemesis..

 

[Mirvin 264]

Yeah I know, but the following quote made me think it could be a safe possibility...

Dang man! Sounds like your attacks were worse than mine up until my last one that damn near killed me.

Before that one, my attacks were somewhat mild. I would know one was coming on because the palms of my hands and the soles of my feet would get red splotches and start itching like crazy.

A few minutes after that, the red hives would come up under my armpits and then spread all over my torso and down my legs. The itching was INSANE and the more you scratched, the worse it itched.

Then the diarrhea would set in. You better be pretty close to a bathroom or you'd be throwing your underwear away because that **** was NOT going to wait! LOL

Typically an episode would only last about 20 minutes for me and when it was over and I'd feel fine afterwards.

It's interesting that your allergist gave you different numbers for the different types of meat. Mine just said I was at 3.4

Maybe that was all the different types of meats averaged together to give me one number? I'll have to call and ask them about that.

Here's a screenshot of my test results, they may have to be enlarged to be read.......

 

[Zeake]

It is very interesting that some meat isn't as bad as others. I would be so said If I could no longer eat beef or pork.

 

[Mirvin 264]

I was diagnosed with the alpha gal allergy in early 2014.

It's an allergy triggered by a bite from the Lone Star tick. It causes extreme allergic reactions to the alpha gal carbohydrate in mammal meat.

It can be diagnosed with a simple blood test that will give you a number. The higher the number, the more prone you'll be to the allergic reaction.

When I was diagnosed in 2014 my number was 9.5

When I was tested last week my number was 3.4

Anything over 0.35 is considered positive for the allergy.

So it looks like I'm still allergic, but my number is going down. I'll be tested again in a year and see if it continues to go down.

All you guys be sure to wear insect repellent when you're in the woods, because this allergy sucks (no pun intended) and Epi-Pens are expensive as hell!

I've had an Epi-pen in my truck console ever since the time I went to the ER several years ago (it's most likely bad by now I'm guessing), and the doctor told me to never inject myself with the dose unless I had trouble breathing (which hasn't happened yet). If I knew it would end one of the outbreaks that I have I'd inject myself with it after having a couple burgers at Five Guys! Guess that isn't a logical option though.........

 

[BangBang]

Here's a screenshot of my test results, they may have to be enlarged to be read.......View attachment 1330696

They didn't give me a sheet like that or anything. They just called me on the phone and told me I was at 3.4 and needed to continue avoiding mammal meat as I have for the past 3 years and they would call me in a year to come in and be tested again.

Epi-Pens usually have an expiration date of about 1 year and are sensitive to heat and cold so the one in your truck probably isn't good anymore.

They wrote me a prescription for a new two-pack of them the other day and specified that the generic version was OK to get. I'm glad they did that because the name-brand was $191 with my insurance, but the generic was only $60 with my insurance.

 

[ditchdigger1]

Can you eat 'possum?

Maybe you could get Dingo to send over some koala, wombat, 'roo, or wallaby.