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Does Anyone Realize the Exceptional Food Allergy Testing at #1 Mayo?

Posted by blessedmayo1111 @blessedmayo1111, Dec 10 11:14am

Hello All 🌠

I am new to posting on Mayo Connect + hope to share the exceptional "Mayo Standard of Care" I have received as a patient. How blessed have I been to seek a 2nd opinion for a major medical life challengr + now I have all my "wrap around care" at amazing Mayo
😇🙏✨️.

Dr. Leah Ishmael ROCKS todays modern medical pioneers in her amazing care of asthma + allergy at Mayo Jacksonville. When comparing + contrasting so many prior Blood RAST tests + skin tests with the PRECISION + COMPREHENSIVE of Mayo's Dr. LEAH ISHMAEL = well she WINS the Olympics for THE BEST new medical treatmeny customized approaches for allergy testing of specific foods, insect stings, environmental allergens or noxoious chemical irritants. How amazing is this exceptional doctor + beautiful compassionate Mayo
LEADER? She is The Spirit of Mayo...

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jc76 | @jc76 | 6 days ago

@blessedmayo1111
I have been a patient of Mayo Jacksonville since 2006. When I came to Mayo Jacksonville there was no hospital or any of the buildings other that Davis. I have seen a tremendous expansion of facilities, treatments.

I have oustanding doctors also and like that Mayo Jacksonville treats patients from a team approach. I do not know the allergist you mentioned but would love to get her as my allergist.

You are in good hands and I can see by your posts you already know that!

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blessedmayo1111 | @blessedmayo1111 | 6 days ago
In reply to @jc76 "@blessedmayo1111 I have been a patient of Mayo Jacksonville since 2006. When I came to Mayo..." + (show)
@jc76

@blessedmayo1111
I have been a patient of Mayo Jacksonville since 2006. When I came to Mayo Jacksonville there was no hospital or any of the buildings other that Davis. I have seen a tremendous expansion of facilities, treatments.

I have oustanding doctors also and like that Mayo Jacksonville treats patients from a team approach. I do not know the allergist you mentioned but would love to get her as my allergist.

You are in good hands and I can see by your posts you already know that!

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I adore Leah Ishmael D. O. + her amazing team in Mayo's Jacksonville Allergy Clinic...world respectdd Medical Pioneers + Real Life Heroes of Today's Modern Medical Achievements 🌠

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Lisa Lucier, Moderator | @lisalucier | 5 days ago

@blessedmayo1111 - the only food allergy testing I've ever done was in the 1980s in Colorado with the allergist directing me to take 2 - or perhaps or 3 - weeks off at a time for a whole list of ingredients, one at a time (lecithin, wheat, corn, etc.). I had to make notes as it went and report back. It was socially kind of miserable, and I went down to the bottom end of the normal weight for my height. A possible light reaction to corn was all that came out of it.

I'm sure I and others who have talked about food allergies or food allergy testing for themselves or a loved one might be interested to hear what your testing involved and may have information to share about their experiences with these types of testing, such as @yvonne2017 @saucy @cindychesler @kbro2010. @waynes @gardeningjunkie also may have some thoughts.

blessedmayo1111 - I'm wondering if you would share more about the customized approaches you underwent for allergy testing for specific foods and what you liked about the approach?

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blessedmayo1111 | @blessedmayo1111 | 5 days ago
In reply to @lisalucier "@blessedmayo1111 - the only food allergy testing I've ever done was in the 1980s in Colorado..." + (show)
@lisalucier

@blessedmayo1111 - the only food allergy testing I've ever done was in the 1980s in Colorado with the allergist directing me to take 2 - or perhaps or 3 - weeks off at a time for a whole list of ingredients, one at a time (lecithin, wheat, corn, etc.). I had to make notes as it went and report back. It was socially kind of miserable, and I went down to the bottom end of the normal weight for my height. A possible light reaction to corn was all that came out of it.

I'm sure I and others who have talked about food allergies or food allergy testing for themselves or a loved one might be interested to hear what your testing involved and may have information to share about their experiences with these types of testing, such as @yvonne2017 @saucy @cindychesler @kbro2010. @waynes @gardeningjunkie also may have some thoughts.

blessedmayo1111 - I'm wondering if you would share more about the customized approaches you underwent for allergy testing for specific foods and what you liked about the approach?

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Hello 🌠

I sympathize with the 'standard' recommendations for food avoidance "back in the day" BUT thankfully modern medicine HAS advanced for food allergy evaluation + the best recommendations now...

Dr. Leah Ishmael of Mayo Jacksonville is an exceptional allergist + reviewed my medical history as it relates to suspected or previously confirmed food allergies...

She ordered a comprehensive Blood RAST panel for specific foods. Because Mayo is a GLOBAL MEDICAL LEADER = the VALIDITY + REALIBILITY of the MAYO LABS for their food allergy testing IS more precise + accurate. Most smaller hospitals + private practice doctors SEND OUT blood RAST samples TO private labs + they vary in the level of their service quality = not ALL labs can match the highest quality standards of world respecred MAYO LABS 😇🙏🌠

After my blood RAST tests were evaluated within the exceptional Mayo Laboratories = Dr. Leah Ishmael ordered THE BEST skin tests I have EVER received!
57 skin tests were carefully administered on my back + TWO highly specialized nurses assessed the responses = one nurse noted a positive or negative response + carefully MEASURED the precise size of the positives as the 2nd allergy nurse recorded the results on a patient skin test evaluation chart.

In some cases = BOTH nurses assessed to reach a consensus.

This is PRECISION based medicine at its finest🌠

The next step will be FOOD CHALLENGE TESTS = a specific list of foods were selected for an in office Food Challenge.

Just imagine after 30+ years (!) of avoiding ALL nuts + shellfish 😇🙏👏
🌠✨️💖✨️🌄
The PURE delight in looking at Pecans,
Cashews,
Almonds,
Coconut
+ Walnuts!!!

I am so excited to stop in the grocery store + just STARE at these foods that were banned to me for much of my adult life...

As each food challenge is scheduled, I will bring in a small quantity of ONE food to be tested...

I plan on buying it in its natural state with no seasonings + preferably orgqnic so the results are not confounded.

I will initially place a small amount on my lip then hopefully no reaction + eat a small quantity. I will stay for a few hours to be monitored in a state of bliss + pass the time watching HGTV + being genuinely thankful for the Spirit of Mayo 🌠 medical heroes who deliver world class care, each + every day 😇🙏👏

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blessedmayo1111 | @blessedmayo1111 | 5 days ago
In reply to @jc76 "@blessedmayo1111 I have been a patient of Mayo Jacksonville since 2006. When I came to Mayo..." + (show)
@jc76

@blessedmayo1111
I have been a patient of Mayo Jacksonville since 2006. When I came to Mayo Jacksonville there was no hospital or any of the buildings other that Davis. I have seen a tremendous expansion of facilities, treatments.

I have oustanding doctors also and like that Mayo Jacksonville treats patients from a team approach. I do not know the allergist you mentioned but would love to get her as my allergist.

You are in good hands and I can see by your posts you already know that!

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Hello 🌠
You are so fortunate to enjoy seeing first hand the truly REMARKABLE growth of Mayo Jacksonville Florida 🌴🌴🌴

This beautiful large campus has amazing + uplifting positive
“sense of place.”
The site placement, architecture + nature are beautifully intercomnected with the interior spaces 🌠 = all to support the Mayo core Mission to accelerate the healing journey.

How many other world class hospitals have
on site rotating art exhibits carefully curated by a trained Mayo staff professional? Yet another May 1st 😇🙏✨️🪷✨️

Lets celebrate the creative genius of Mayo's legacy as a place of hope 🌠 + healing 🪷...innovation ✨️ + transformation 🥇...integration of science ♾️ + precision...collaboration 😇 + esprit de corps 💖...where the Needs of the Patient ALWAYS Come 1st 🌄

Blessed Mayo 1111 = the Angels Are With Us 👏

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saucy | @saucy | 3 days ago
In reply to @lisalucier "@blessedmayo1111 - the only food allergy testing I've ever done was in the 1980s in Colorado..." + (show)
@lisalucier

@blessedmayo1111 - the only food allergy testing I've ever done was in the 1980s in Colorado with the allergist directing me to take 2 - or perhaps or 3 - weeks off at a time for a whole list of ingredients, one at a time (lecithin, wheat, corn, etc.). I had to make notes as it went and report back. It was socially kind of miserable, and I went down to the bottom end of the normal weight for my height. A possible light reaction to corn was all that came out of it.

I'm sure I and others who have talked about food allergies or food allergy testing for themselves or a loved one might be interested to hear what your testing involved and may have information to share about their experiences with these types of testing, such as @yvonne2017 @saucy @cindychesler @kbro2010. @waynes @gardeningjunkie also may have some thoughts.

blessedmayo1111 - I'm wondering if you would share more about the customized approaches you underwent for allergy testing for specific foods and what you liked about the approach?

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My NMD did bloodwork and sent it to Alletess Medical Laboratory. It is a food sensitivity test and they put together a booklet and rating of many foods most of which I was eating. It can often take up to 72 hours to have a reaction to foods that produce problems. I was eating eggs everyday turns out I have a sensitivity to them and many other foods I ate.

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