When I was in the hospital for six days, I lost my usual itchiness. Since I had brought my pillow with me, and was eating bread and dairy, my best guess is that it's my wet basement at home that's setting me off--I'm also worse when there are a lot of wet, rotting leaves on the ground during a rainy autumn. I think it's mold that really gets me, and maybe dust. Our wood stove certainly doesn't help, I'm sure--but there's no way we can afford oil, so I'm going to live with that.

That sounds really sensible to me, what you say about noticing that you feel worse after bread...I don't. Bread sits really well with me. So, maybe it's unnecessary to disrupt my life like this (I find it so hard to change daily habits!).

I once had the allergy test where they prick your arm, and I tested positive for everything. I'm basically allergic to anything organic: grass, trees, dust mites, mold, cats and dogs...But I was never tested for food allergies.

Abby