The Miracle Worker. My Hero.

This is part 3 of my testimony to wonders of the MRT LEAP test. If you want to start at the beginning, you can read Part 1 here. Part 2 is here.


My Journey to Healing Begins
I made my appointment to see Susan like everyone kept telling me to do. Before the appointment, I couldn’t figure out what she was going to do for me. “She’s a dietitian and I can’t eat. This is going to be pointless.” I kept telling myself. But then I would remind myself that I would keep an open mind and that I promised myself I would do everything they asked, including paying for massages.


The massages were wonderful! They helped my stress and I felt great relief from them but I still couldn’t eat anything solid without horrible pains.


My appointment day with Susan came and I signed in, weighed in and waited nervously for this lady everyone was hailing as a miracle worker to come see me. She walked out and I couldn’t help but think how skinny and healthy she was. I was expecting some lecture about my weight or something.


Instead, inside her office she started with “Your eyes are swollen and blood shot.” I wanted to say “Well, duh Captain Obvious!” But I decided to bite my tongue and just say “uh-huh” and see where she was going with this. She asked if they itched a lot and I said yes. Then she asked if they watered a lot. Well, yes, actually they did. At this point I was starting to think she was a psychic healer or something. How did she know all this?


Could it be allergies?
She said she suspected I had food allergies. Then explained that allergies aren’t just the kind that make you stop breathing and drop to the floor. They can be delayed reactions which happen hours or even days after you ingest something. She had my full and undivided attention at this point.


She explained that the instant reactions were from IgE responses. Those are the ones that happen within minutes of consuming whatever it is you are allergic to. Then there are IgG responses. Those are the ones that are delayed. They happen later and can include anything from swelling to anaphylaxis.


I was totally intrigued by all this and I couldn’t help but wonder if all my health problems were from allergies. Wouldn’t that be great to not have to have gastric bypass and lose weight just because I was allergic to foods? So she had me tested for IgE responses (none) and told me about the MRT LEAP test by Signet. The only bad thing was, Tricare wouldn’t pay for it so I would have to pay for it.


No Gastric Bypass?
And then she hit me with a doozy. She would not approve me getting gastric bypass surgery because we knew I reacted to eggs and soy and she suspected I was allergic to milk. After gastric bypass, they give you protein shakes to drink. They are either made from eggs, soy or whey. You can be allergic to whey and not milk or vice versa and until we knew which I was reacting to, if I had gastric bypass surgery, I would die of malnutrition afterwards without the shakes.


I didn’t really care about gastric bypass at that point, I just wanted to know if I had food allergies that were causing all these issues. I wanted to know if I could skip the surgery altogether and still lose weight and get healthy.


My friend gave me the money for the test as a birthday present. That turned out to be the best birthday present EVER! I went in and got my blood drawn and mailed back to the company. Then I waited a week for my results.


“Congratulations! You broke the clinic’s record for food reactions!”
One week later I came home to a voicemail that went something like this: “Hi! this is Susan! I got the test results back. You really need to call me and make an appointment. But in the meantime, don’t eat any pork or wheat. Actually, you want to avoid fish and corn too. You know what, just make an appointment STAT and I will email you the results!”
I checked my email and could have passed out when I read it:


“Congratulations! You broke the clinic’s record for number of food reactions at 47! Please make an appointment to see me ASAP.”


I still have that email saved and read it every now and then. I printed off my results from Signet and stared at the papers. A lot of the foods I reacted to were foods I would eat a lot when I could actually eat.


47 Food Reactions… AKA Poisons
I was allergic to whey (which is what was in my protein shakes) and rice (I switched to rice milk after she suspected milk allergies). I started doing research about allergies to keep myself from freaking out and came across a site about raising kids with allergies. One mom wrote “You know you live in a house with allergies when your child sees bread and shrieks “POISON!” in the middle of the grocery store.” I giggled and then it dawned on me… I have been drinking poison!


No wonder I was so sick! I was slowly poisoning myself. My appointment was the next week and I was ready to conquer this head on… screw gastric bypass! I wanted to EAT!


Part 4: Susan. Truly a Miracle in Human Form