>It sounds like you had an ELISA or similar test. I had one done and I
>didn't find mine to be a very good predictor of which foods would bother
>me. There were some correlations--it did find a very high overall
>sensitivity level for me, vs. much lower for my father, which matches our
>experience, and it did find sensitivity to some of the foods that cause me
>symptoms, but some foods that scored highly cause no noticeable symptoms
>and some that cause me lots of symptoms didn't score very highly. Other
>people here have also noted that in the past. So I think ELISA may be only
>suggestive rather than prescriptive. 

One was an ELISA and the other a saliva test. I agree on the ELISA. I got
them for a long time, then last year a reputable lab ran the test and then
re-ran it a week later for various reasons. There were huge differences
within that one week. That's when I gave up on them.

What about the Cocoa pulse test? Checking your resting pulse before eating
then 15 and 30 minutes after eating a certain food. Supposedly your pulse
will go up by 10 to 15 beats I believe if one is intolerant to a food.

I still have almost daily abdominal distention 24/7. I am guessing it's
hormonal imbalance. I was going to get checked for ovarian cancer or cysts,
but since it goes away for 2 to 4 days in a row from time to time I didn't
think it could be either one?!

Kristina