Hi Liz and SO sorry about your luck with the stings. This is certainly the place to come for advice and compassion. We are all at various stages of the sting rollercoaster. Do go thru the posts when you can it will help a ton.
Ask questions. Vent like crazy too ! I know I've said many times how I wonder if I could have made it thru with out The King of Stings and his court.
I am into around 5 and a half years of it. A very out doors person. I lived in fear until I reached maintenance dose. I have to look at it in a positive way ( which isn't always easy) ! I am lucky I didn't "stay dead" and I'm lucky I could get thru the program. I'm lucky to have insurance and lucky I only have to travel 50 some miles for my shot. I don't like my monthly shots but I'm glad I have them and don't have to live in fear any more...........well, ok........some fear but not like it was in the beginning.
Have you seen the allergist ? Do you have more than one epi-pen ? Keep your cell phone charged.
I'm in Ohio
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Hi Maggie and David ! Where is everyone else ?
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Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:08 PM
Subject: [insectstings] Hello to the group
Hi ,
I am hoping to be part of this group and to begin immunotherapy soon. I think i will need the support to go through it. I discovered i was anaphalactic to wasp and bee stings one week ago when i got stung by a wasp and went into anaphalaxis 30 minutes later. It was very scary, but luckily I had recognized the danger of a severe reaction due to hives spreading and managed to get myself to a medical clinic before I went into shock. Unfortunately for me, and i know it is just extremely bad luck, but I got stung again on my fist outing, just two days ago, while on a fair ride with my children. This time I had my brand new epi-pen and was in an ambulance 20 minutes later when that wore of and I went into shock. I am incredibly frazzled now. I have closed all windows. I made myself go to my daughters swimming sports day today and was incredibly jittery, and left early. I know i will eventually lose the fear because I know that two stings in a week is really bad luck and that normally people go for years without being stung. I am very worried about having anaphalaxis during treatment and so i think i may need the support of this group to get through it. I am a conservation ecologist and usually am very out-doorsey. I cannot reconcile myself to a life where I am afraid to go outside. I am grateful to have found this group.
Liz
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