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Hello everyone:

I hope all of you are doing well. I want to report some very interesting
information.

Today, my husband and I went to see an Allergist in St Paul, Minnesota named
William Walsh. He is board certified, a Mayo Graduate and really understands
what people go through with illnesses, allergies and Celiac Disease.

My husband and I requested to be tested for foods as both of us were tested
over five years ago for environmental allergies. I did not suffer much from
the testing aspect. However, he blossomed out in many areas including
ragweed, grasses, molds, pet dander, hay and the list goes on. He has been
sitting on the toilet when eating certain foods. I had bet that he was not
absorbing something. Through this panel of testing, skin test and injections,
I as a Celiac came up with a very high reaction to acid foods which would be
strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, grapes, potatoes and the list goes on.
When one is very sensitive to acids, much of the same  symptoms as Celiac can
occur. Also, I am intolerant of MSG even though it is percieved as ok in CSA
Handbook. It sure is not for me. I have six injections with black circles
around them right now containing milk, corn, wheat, citrus and two others I
cannot remember. One of them is raised and pink. The others are pretty
normal. I did not test sensitive to barley, rye or wheat. Now, I know I am a
Celiac but this skin test did not show it. Here is an interesting flip side.

My husband, a non celiac, welted up on acidic foods and he reacted to rye,
barley, some to bananas and now he is very pink and raised up in four areas
of his arm which will be read tomorrow. I am wondering if one of those is
wheat. Now, as an undiagnosed Celiac, he is registering the grain
intolerances on the scratch test. He does have symptoms with going to the
bathroom right away after eating certain things. However, I am wondering if
he should be followed up on  the possibility of Celiac with scratch tests
coming back like that. He is not weak, but he has never had an iron test
done.  Dr Walsh said that he cannot test for gluten intolerance through a
skin test as it is not water soluable. He is very aware of this disease and
very compassionate about it. He has written three books on migraine headaches
with regards ot environmental allergies and The Food Allergy Book. Anyone
interested in following up with Dr Walsh in the Minneapolis St Paul area or
otherwise, please let me know. He is good and easy to work with. At least, I
think so anyway.


Sincerely,

Lisa Wicklund