So, by the time I got home, I had about two very small ribs and my husband and daughter ate most of the rest of it. JoAnne: I did eat a lot of junk food in the car on the way down. I had been up in Washington visiting and on the way home I stopped in Richmond to get some ribs that are really good-a favorite barbeque place in Richmond-bringing them home for a meal for my husband, my daughter, myself.įalk: You thought you were doing a wonderful thing, you were. In fact, up to the day that I first had this allergic reaction, I had eaten meat the night before, and the night before, and the night before, and for some reason, everything was fine on those days but not on this one day.
JoAnne: This was last October, in 2016, and I had been eating meat all my whole life. Take us back to the time when you first had a problem. It’s a small world in the southern part of heaven.įalk: So, you have had this allergy known as alpha-gal. My father was a professor of comparative literature, that’s why JoAnne pointed out that she is in comparative literature, and he was one of Dr. I was a graduate student at UNC in comparative literature, and very surprisingly ended up teaching at Duke, and I’ve been there for about 29 years.įalk: You should know that there is a relationship between Dr. I have been in North Carolina for almost forty years now. What makes you tick, if I can use that word? A Bit About JoAnneįalk: Tell us a little bit about who you are. Commins to this podcast, and today, we’ll get to hear from one of his patients, JoAnne Van Tuyl, who has alpha-gal allergy and she’ll be sharing her experience with us. Scott Commins who discussed the whole concept of alpha-gal allergy.
Flushing cafe sugar story series#
Today’s episode is part of our series focused on food allergy, and in our most recent episode we met with Dr. Ron Falk, MD: Hello, and welcome to the Chair’s Corner from the Department of Medicine at the University of North Carolina. A minute or two later, I felt the itching on my hands and then on my feet, and I looked around and it was everywhere-hives, just intense itching.” – JoAnne, a person with alpha-gal allergy Scott Commins “I just laid down on the bathroom floor and called for my husband and he came in-you can imagine his surprise.
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