I wonder if completely abstaining from any red meat for a year would be enough to reduce whatever antibodies are being created to the point where you could eat red meat again.
Most anecdotes I read said the 8-15 year (I'm year 9) scale for the allergy to fade if at all, I don't recall what they said they had for reactions/accidental allergen dosages during their years though.
Accidental allergen exposures happen once in a while, as you get used to the diet and learn hidden sources of allergen, they happen less. There's been no point in time when I thought I had to test if the allergy had gone away yet because I can usually remember a recent small or big hive from the past year. Right now I think I'm at least 1.5 year without hives, probably thanks to quarantine forcing a more controlled diet.
Since about my second year of being allergic I've been very well adjusted to my fish/bird meat only diet and have no insatiable desire for a steak so I'm OK waiting another few years before purposefully trying anything dangerous.
More research is needed, my anecdotal experiences is that different people have wide differences in the way that they react to alpha gal.
I know someone who went into full anaphylaxis from inhaling aeroplane food on a flight, requiring both injectors, they were in their late 40s.
I know someone who was able to reintroduce cheese and that worked for them.
The variance and time to affect seems to vary depending on the person.
My ex partner has a reaction petting my dogs who've been running out in the yard rolling in wallaby poop.
It's bloody awful affliction :( It prevents you from being able to enjoy many activities that most people take for granted.
The good thing is bird is pretty versatile! Duck is amazing, where I live you can buy duck chortizo. Groups I've joined on Facebook that are USA based are doing Emu briskets!
My ex goes and gets a test every once in a while that measures some level that they can use to tell if it's getting better or worse.
The crazy thing is that the local schools ban peanut butter but a sausage sizzle as they're called here (cooking like 50 sausages at a time for a fundraisers) are all totally OK, despite the allergy being an ongoing issue for the local area (just like in the USA, it's localised).
Accidental allergen exposures happen once in a while, as you get used to the diet and learn hidden sources of allergen, they happen less. There's been no point in time when I thought I had to test if the allergy had gone away yet because I can usually remember a recent small or big hive from the past year. Right now I think I'm at least 1.5 year without hives, probably thanks to quarantine forcing a more controlled diet.
Since about my second year of being allergic I've been very well adjusted to my fish/bird meat only diet and have no insatiable desire for a steak so I'm OK waiting another few years before purposefully trying anything dangerous.