My doctor never did a gluten intolerance test. This was a symptomatic suggestion which I tried and it has helped with everything but the hives.

On that note, I can tell you that I had allergy testing this morning. So supposedly I am not allergic to wheat, not that it matters. I am allergic to white potatoes, lettuce, tea, and pecans. Other nuts did not show as positive. I am also allergic to dust, dust-mites, and Johnson Grass.

So I am wondering what this means for foods. I take it white potatoes means all potatoes that are white on the interior? Not much information was given to me. I can have sweet potatoes.

And tea means black tea or orange pekoe? I believe that green tea and white tea are variants on black tea?

Something else I learned today. One of my immunoglobulins was out of range, so another test was ordered to determine if this was a problem. Some of the blood work was off but that could be from the prednisone or that it was a non-fasting test.

The irritating part for me was the antigen test for Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. It was 177 about 20 years back. The recent reduction in my thyroid hormone dosage may be responsible for the antigen now being 325. Normal range is 0 -34. Supposedly Hashimoto's can be linked to allergies, so he is referring me to an Internist preferably or an Endocrinologist.

Any help or comments here are welcome.

Oh, and I'm allergic to cats!!!!!