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Re: Yesterday

He sounds normal!! Mine would have had that view too :)

--- In insectstings@yahoogroups.com, Roz Hannan <rozhannan@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Maggie,
>
> Joe has taken it as only a 12 year old boy can! Everything from "
They didn't do the test properly"... to... " a wasp wouldn't even
give me a 10th of a sting..only a tiny sting, so I'll be fine"
>
> Won't discuss immunotherapy. Boys!!! How I wish he was little and
easy going again!!! 
>
> Roz
>  
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: maggie_paton <maggie.paton@...>
> To: insectstings@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, 11 January, 2009 9:43:00
> Subject: [insectstings] Re: Yesterday
>
>
> So sorry Roz - how has Joe taken it?
>
> Will they test him again in a year or so? One of my son's friends
> (now 15) appears to have grown out of a nut allergy that produced
> anaphalactic shocks when he was 3.
>
> So frustrating to have a taste of freedom for it to go again.
>
> Thanks for letting us know.
>
> Maggie
>
> --- In insectstings@ yahoogroups. com, Roz Hannan <rozhannan@ ..>
wrote:
> >
> > Good evening..and a cold one it is!!!!
> >
> > Yesterdays trip to St Mary's started badly ...long delays on the
> trains due to a power failure..and ended with a 'downer' too!
> >
> > After no reaction to 1/100 of a sting Joe reacted with
a 'positive'
> to 1/10 of a sting.
> >
> > Joe and I are both disappointed as, with 2 negative skin tests
and
> 2 negative blood tests we were hoping for an ' all-clear'. False
> optimism!
> >
> > Still, I guess we are no worse off than before, and at least now
> we 'know'.
> >
> > Now we await the letter from the consultant telling us what
her
> thoughts are (Immunotherapy I guess)
> >
> > Thanks for all your 'Good Wishes' anyway!
> >
> > Roz 
> >
>





Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:22 am

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Good evening..and a cold one it is!!!! Yesterdays trip to St Mary's started badly ...long delays on the trains due to a power failure..and ended with a...
Roz Hannan
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Jan 10, 2009
7:07 pm

So sorry Roz - how has Joe taken it? Will they test him again in a year or so? One of my son's friends (now 15) appears to have grown out of a nut allergy...
maggie_paton
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Jan 11, 2009
9:43 am

Hi Maggie, Joe has taken it as only a 12 year old boy can! Everything from " They didn't do the test properly"... to... " a wasp wouldn't even give me a 10th...
Roz Hannan
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Jan 11, 2009
6:44 pm

He sounds normal!! Mine would have had that view too :) ... They didn't do the test properly"... to... " a wasp wouldn't even give me a 10th of a sting..only...
maggie_paton
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Jan 12, 2009
9:22 am

That is very disappointing for you and a new burden of responsibility to consider too. I hope the reaction was not too unpleasant - I think the whole sting...
David Glaser
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Jan 11, 2009
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