Hey Chris

Sorry you've had a set back
:(

Wow, no reactions, and then such a huge one!
I guess things like that, make us perk up and take notice.

Sounds like your doctor is being cautious in taking you back to a
lower dose, which is good because too many setbacks could deter us
from continuing with our therapy.

Do you take an antihistamine before your injections? My doctor still
doesn't want me taking any until afterwards. I think a few of our
friends here do take them before their monthly injections.

You mentioned sometime last year, about your fitness level going down?
Have you been able to bring it back up?

I hope you get back up to full maintenace with no more problems.

The temps are warming up here and the 'buzz'ards are too!

Ya'll stay safe and be careful.
:)
Robin,
down in Louisiana








--- In insectstings@yahoogroups.com, "Chris" <chris.thornton@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
> Had a bit of a bad day yesterday.
> After having been on maintenance for over a year (albeit on split
> doses initially, then moving up to a full single dose for the last
4
> months), I was not expecting anything unusual yesterday. However, 3
> minutes after the jab, I had a severe reaction (blood presure
through
> the floor, struggling to breath, nausia, tight chest and apparently
I
> turned bright red) which resulted in the use of an epipen, amongst
> other stuff, and lots of panicked activity on the ward. I have had
> several mild reactions during the initiation and early parts of the
> maintenance stages, but I have had no reactions at all for several
> months now, so this came as a huge shock and a big dissappointment.
> My Consultant (who was immediately consulted) thinks I should take
a
> reduced dose next month and if that is OK, then all my jabs from
here
> on should be split, so quite a set-back really.
> But what caused it? There seems to be no clear explanation.
> I guess that the one good thing that came out of it is that the
least
> traumatic experience of the whole thing was the use of the epipen;
so
> I will have no qualms using one in the future if the need ever
arises.
> Hope you are all well.
> Chris
> (Feeling a little battered and subdued)
>