Do you have allergies?

[ThaVirus]

Due to certain life circumstances, I’ve been learning a lot about allergies lately.

Growing up I suppose I was fortunate enough that no one in my family ever had any allergic reactions (except hay fever), but in conversations I’ve had recently, it seems a lotttttt of people out there are allergic to a lottttt of different things.

So what about you?

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

How did you find out? Just making an educated guess or went through testing?

I had testing done before I had all the surgeries.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Speaking of whey, it was only about a year ago I discovered whey protein isolate, which most of them are lactose free. That was a huge game changer for me as typical whey protein in the amounts needed would destroy my digestive system. The isolate has no such effects.

Just FYI but I had a sleeve gastrectomy 6 years ago and have been on a surgically-supervised regimen since. Our counselors want us to consume so many supplemental grams of protein per day and they insist it should be whey protein isolate.

Whey protein isolate is by far the best source of supplementation. It's about 20% more absorbable than whey concentrate and blows away any other milk or plant-based protein.

You should always be using whey protein isolate if you're taking protein supplements.

[Bump]

ibuprofen, but not other NSAID's, and miralax made me break out in hives

that's about it

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Bump

ibuprofen, but not other NSAID's, and miralax made me break out in hives

that's about it

You're allergic to Miralax? It's supposed to be inert.

[Bump]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

You're allergic to Miralax? It's supposed to be inert.

I broke out in hives and body turned red and blood pressure shot up when I took a little less than the dose it said to take. That was before I had a colonoscopy last year.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Bump

I broke out in hives and body turned red and blood pressure shot up when I took a little less than the dose it said to take. That was before I had a colonoscopy last year.

Yeah that's interesting. It's not supposed to produce any chemical reaction because the compound is supposed to be inert.

[Bump]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Yeah that's interesting. It's not supposed to produce any chemical reaction because the compound is supposed to be inert.

ya the doctor said it's uncommon to have a reaction to that, he thought it could have been possible cross contamination.

[DJay23]

Never had allergies as a kid or my whole life until I hit my forties. Now I get the watery eyes, hacking cough, and runny nose from something in the air. Never dug into it to find out exactly what. I control it with over the counter stuff.

I'm allergic to Blue Cheese and Arugula I've found also. Seems random to me.