OMG! That's awful! And you know, the same thing happened to Patrick? He had a mysterious and unidentifiable allergy, avoided dairy for years, tried giving up gluten.... drank soy milk ALL THE TIME... finally got tested, and discovered soy was his culprit as well. And yeah, then the following realization, that soy is inexplicably in everything. Yeesh, sad you had to go through all this, but glad you've pinpointed the cause. Also... hooray for cheese!
I actually just had a horrid realization this weekend while shooting the movie that people who mean well often do not realize that even "ingredients" are soyish. Mom made meatloaf for cast and crew and used commercial breadcrumbs. Soy flour was the fifth ingredient. Let us just say that last night was painful.
It may be for the better that you are allergic to soy really. After spending the past four years being moral and emotional support for a friend with stage IV breast cancer, I've learned more and more about soy and how it actually effects the body. I'm a lot less prone to using soy now, and a lot more prone to using almond milk as my diary sub (since I am lactose intolerant). Another good reason to cook my own meals too, which I also view as being for the better.
Your story is remarkably similar to how I discovered my sulfa allergy. Took us long enough and I had enough outbreaks of hives and the like that Jeremy even wrote me a song about it one day at 2am after waking up to draw me an oatmeal bath. Oooh the itching...
It's already been said, but there may be a silver lining behind this. I've been very allergic to eggs for years, and the effect has been to strangle any nascent sweet tooth I may have had for pastry and other sweets, as I associate them with fabulous gastrointestinal distress. I'm 24 and still have never had a cavity.
Anyway, yah. Eggs were going to be another one to test, but really I haven't seen any correlation between eggs, dairy, or any of the other triggers.
I have, however, noticed peanuts give me almost the same symptoms.
I'm trying to determine which varieties of specialty foods are still safe... what national cuisines... how precise do I have to be at restaurants and should I learn how to say "do you use vegetable oil" in multiple languages?
Corn, thank all things holy, is not one of the nine super duper allergens. I am also thankful that I do not get the throat swelley uppey symptom...
But man. Since I've been avoiding it, even the trace amounts of soy seem to trigger itchies. I hate the itchies. I hate the itchies almost as much as I hate the ticklies that create them.
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Your story is remarkably similar to how I discovered my sulfa allergy. Took us long enough and I had enough outbreaks of hives and the like that Jeremy even wrote me a song about it one day at 2am after waking up to draw me an oatmeal bath. Oooh the itching...
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Anyway, yah. Eggs were going to be another one to test, but really I haven't seen any correlation between eggs, dairy, or any of the other triggers.
I have, however, noticed peanuts give me almost the same symptoms.
I'm trying to determine which varieties of specialty foods are still safe... what national cuisines... how precise do I have to be at restaurants and should I learn how to say "do you use vegetable oil" in multiple languages?
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But man. Since I've been avoiding it, even the trace amounts of soy seem to trigger itchies. I hate the itchies. I hate the itchies almost as much as I hate the ticklies that create them.
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I am so so so glad you can still eat cheese though. I'm with you--a life with cheese is barely worth living!
Glad you found your culprit and I wish you the best in avoiding it in the future!
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