If I don't have protein for breakfast, then what do I eat?  I can't eat
carbs then!!!

As for the cheese, from what I understand, if it's a true milk allergy then
cheese is not permissible at all.  If it is lactose intolerance, then cheese
can be tolerated.  The Dr. said I could eat goat's milk cheese, but I am
leery of that.  I tried giving some to my daughter.  I gave her a tiny
amount, just scraped the tines of the fork across it and put it on top of
her salad.  That small amount made her sick to her stomach.

I take Zrytec for my allergies.  Claritin didn't do a thing for me and I
can't take Sudafed.  Nor do these things help with food allergies.  As for
lunch meats, I do not eat them.  In fact, I eat little at all in the way of
meat.  I simply do not like it.  Don't like fish either.

Julie, I can empathize.  Several years back, I gave up eating breakfast
because every time I did I felt sick.  I didn't know if it was bgs or
what!  But I finally found out I'm allergic to eggs & milk, and just
what is most breakfast foods made up of???  I'm glad you found out and
can finally do something about it.

You might discover that you can tolerate a bit of cheese.  I NEVER touch
anything with milk in it, but I just can't give up pizza.  And I do take
the flu shot even though it makes me itch and swell up, since it goes
away eventually.  But also I take Claritin and Sudafed EVERY day, which
lessens my reactions to the foods.  I know you're on a lot of meds, so I
don't know if you can take these or not.

You don't need to have protein for breakfast, but you could make up for
it later with lunch meats, etc.  I guess you'll just have to experiment
since we're all different.  But if you can tolerate Claritin and
Sudafed, I would recommend them.

Mary

I got my labs back from the Naturopath today.  I have a severe egg allergy!
So for all of you who said I couldn't possibly have gotten sick from the flu
shot, now we know why!  The shot was making me sick because of the egg.  I
am also allergic to dairy and almonds, but to a lesser degree.  Now I must
find new foods to eat, especially for breakfast.  I had stopped eating eggs
around Thanksgiving because the last 4 times I ate them, I became violently
ill.  Why 4 times?  Because the first 2 times I really thought it was food
poisoning from some egg salad I bought.

My normal breakfast had been eggs and more recently cottage cheese.  The Dr.
said I might be able to tolerate goat's milk cheese.  I think I'll wait a
while before trying that.  I tried the goat's milk cheese with Angela and
she got sick from it.

I am going to have a problem finding sources of protein now.  I really don't
like most meat.  I do sometimes eat sausage or bacon, but I wouldn't want to
eat this every day.  The only other meat I can really tolerate is ground
beef.  I despise fish and shellfish with the exception of occasional tuna.
I do like peanut butter, but I wouldn't want that every day either.  *sigh*

Now for the bad stuff.  My phosphorous was elevated.  It was 5.1 with normal
range being 2.5-4.9.  And two liver enzymes elevated.  ALT (GPT) was 86 with
a normal range of 24-65, and AST (GOT) was 39 with a normal range of 12-37.
The Dr. has no clue what all this means.  But he doesn't think it's good.  I
see my GP on Monday.  Perhaps he can make something of all this.  The
Naturopath is also consulting with a retired Dr. who is a long time friend
of my family on Wednesday.  So hopefully it will all get sorted out.  At any
rate, these findings would explain why I have felt so rotten these past
months and my well explain why my BG has shot up higher despite my attempts
to bring it down.