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| We had our appt today. I have just realized that I think oats may be causing some problems with us and she checked and I am sensitive to them, so I was treated for oats today. JJ was treated for dairy that had to do with treating him at the cellular level, we have a few of those treatments now to do before we try dairy again. She jokingly said we are the worst family! We are too difficult! ;) But she is so nice and she believes in this so much that it's hard not to be on board! Lauren was treated for pollen, only because he couldn't be treated for anything he had to avoid since he had to work tonight. He was weak for it, but it wasn't like it was really on our priority list. As long as he was there, he figured he could get treated. She is also teaching me how to test and treat!! I don't think they are really supposed to do that or else maybe people won't because that means less money for them! She obviously isn't concerned about that. I know how to treat, I just have to practice testing. I would only treat us and family and friends. I'm excited to learn. I am feeling sick tonight, but maybe it's pregnancy stuff, it's hard to tell, it feels like digestive issues, but who knows. Last night I felt neaseous but otherwise my stomach felt so much better than usual! I didn't eat oats at all yesterday or today. We are eating more and more gluten.
We are taking next week off, which will be nice, the drive gets long. I was so tired today! Thanks for reading! | | |
| We went back on Wednesday and I was treated for some veggies and Lauren was treated for Calcium. He had a tough time staying away from it, mine was easy! ;) JJ was treated for casein (dairy) and soy. She told us to test just a little tiny bit of dairy and let her know. Today we put a little bit of milk on his lips. He started acting funny right away, like licking them constantly and stuff. He kept trying to wipe it off. Then, he said his lips felt "hot" and he was getting upset. Then his chin and around his mouth broke out in hives. Ugh. This evening his eye broke out in hives really really bad. This is so stressful. Sometimes I wonder if it would be easier to just accept the fact that my child has a dairy allergy. Lauren is still optimistic though and I know this can work, I am just discouraged. We are still having some digestive problems too. I was feeling so overwhelmed this evening. I felt like we are going to have to deal with this the rest of his life, but I know people deal with things so much worse. I just wish I could protect him from feeling these things. What if he accidently gets a large amount? I'm so scared of that. I'm also worried about how he'll feel as he gets older and his friends can all eat a certain thing and he can't. I don't want him to feel bad. I am glad we are doing these treatments because at least we are doing something, but I feel bad that we have to test this.
My MIL saw his breakout today, so maybe she will take it a little more seriously. I know people have a hard time understanding that this is real.
On a different, happier note, I am pregnant! We are so excited! I'm nervous too, I feel a lot of anxiety over this pregnancy. I am trying to give this to God, but I just keep taking it back! I have been feeling pretty sick, which is good because it shows me that my hormones are up there and I can kind of "feel" the baby, yk? I want to just celebrate this, not worry all the time. Someday I hope I will be holding my little bundle and wondering why I ever worried. | | |
| We have been to our new doc twice now and she is great! She is so bubbly and fun! She does things so different! She has a machine that she uses that our old doc didn't have. She also told us so many things that our last doc did wrong, she was so surprised by some of the things! I like her. She tests by pulling down on our arms with all her might, so we have to push up as hard as we can! It actually makes me feel more confident, because it's not like I'm not pushing as hard one time or she's pushing harder one time. My arm is really sore afterward! It was so funny watching Lauren get treated for the first time! He's a bigger guy and she's is kind of small and the first time he tested weak for something and his arm dropped, he looked so shocked! It was funny to see that small woman pull his arm down like it was nothing! lol! He wsan't treated at out old doc's, the first time here he was treated for BBF (which is Brain Body Function). I guess they are supposed to do it before any other treatments and it is supposed to help take the treatments better and not have side effects. Then this last time he was treated for eggs. He finally understood what we have been doing with avoiding these last few months!
She does these 100% treatments on us, which is not like a full treatment, we don't have to avoid anything, it is something that we have been treated for but it didn't clear completely. I was treated for grains 100% (I think) the first time and a regular treatment for soy. Then this last time I was treated for gluten 100% and a regular treatment for corn. JJ was treated for something 100% (I can't remember! I do have written down though) and then animal fat and calcium for his reg. treatment, then this last time he was treated for grains 100% and pesticides for his reg. Next I think we'll move on to casein.
I guess I still feel a little blah and JJ still seems to be dealing with something, but I do feel a lot more confident in this doc. JJ has been breaking out in hives a lot lately, it really bothers me, actually since his last treatment he seems to be breaking out less. Actually, Lauren seems to be thinking a lot more clearly! It's strange, he's been having very insightful things to say lately and he even noticed that his mind seems clearer. Not that he wasn't saying insightful things before, but this is just different. He believes in this so much! He keeps talking about when we can give JJ dairy and I shudder at the thought! I am scared to even try again. I am trying to have more confidence in this, but I like to know how something works and I can't wrap my brain around this! This doc actually has a way of making things seem a bit stranger, I'm not sure why, but at the same time, we both feel confident in her and trust her. We go back on Wednesday. I'm excited to go, just not excited for the drive! I do also like going to her house, we are the only ones there and she never seems to be in a hurry to get rid of us, so we end up spening a couple hours there! We just chat and she tests us for lots of things. I am so glad we found this doc. Thanks for reading and if you think about it, will you pray that this gives us the results we are hoping for. Thanks! | | |
| Well, we went to our final treatment with the doctor we were seeing. She has basically given up on us. :( She tested us for things and said she doesn't understand why we are still reacting. I think I might know why actually, my friend said that combinations are really important. That doc only did one combo and that was for dairy and skin, which I do think helped. I didn't say much to her in the office, I wasn't sure what to say, but the more I think about it, the angrier I am. She said "Well, we did take care of the big ones." Huh???? I told her, "We came for dairy and gluten" and I don't think either one of those are taken care of. We have pretty much gone off of gluten again because I was feeling so sick and JJ was still have serious digestive problems, let's just leave it at that! I am feeling a little better and JJ seems to be doing better too.
There is a positive side to all of this. I called around to other naet doc's in that area and I found one that I really, really like! We talked for over twenty minutes and she was great! She couldn't believe the other doc gave up on us! She said she would never give up on us! She is a Christian and is pretty much a stay-at-home mom, I think she works one day a week. She was so nice! Oh and she is charging half of what the other doc was and that includes treating Lauren too! I'm so excited! She sounded so confident that she can help us. We have our first appt on Friday. We won't be starting over, we'll just pick up where the last doc left off. I think I'll call our last doc when we are all cleared of everything and let her know! (where's the evil grin smilie! ;) ) Oh and another thing, JJ only has to wait six hours before having the food, she made us wait twenty five!
Things are looking up again! | | |
| I know I haven't been writing, I guess I feel kind of overwhelmed with all this lately. Our last appt, she treated JJ for dairy and skin (I guess you can treat for specific things like that, some people need to be treated for the allergen and small intestine or things like that). So, two days we put a little ice cream on his face. He didn't break out! We were so excited. We thought maybe that meant that he was cleared, so we decided that we would give him a little piece of cheese because we were both home and the doc said we should try eventually. I gave him a little piece of string cheese. He immediately said his tongue hurt and started to cry. :( Then, he started to throw it up. :( :( Then his face broke out in hives really bad. It was so horrible. I want to cry just thinking about it. I felt like the worst mom ever. I was the one that gave it him, I'm supposed to be the one that keeps him safe. I felt so sad and frustrated. I called the doc and she said that she is encouraged at least that we can narrow it down. It might be something in the cheese that he is reacting to, like the enzymes or something. We go back again on Monday and I am going to bring the cheese. It's been rough around here since then. He seems to have that initial physical reaction, then mostly behavioral (and some really disgusting diapers). He just falls apart at the tiniest thing. He is like a completely different child, he is yelling a lot and throwing things, just not like my JJ. It's so hard. At first, I feel patient and I know that he is just not feeling good, but that wears off and I start to think that this is how he is, which is where I was today. I was so frustrated. I was trying to take his Christmas picture today and it was just not working. Ugh. We finally just left. We went to see my neice sing at her school (she was so cute) and he was great there. Then we went to a couple stores and he was really good there too. I felt like staying out, so we didn't have to come home and fight. I feel so drained. I feel horrible that I am getting angry at him, especially because I caused this in the first place. I hope this gets better soon. This has just been a bad day. I suppose I should go to bed and get some sleep. | | |
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