I have apple-sized red marks this week. I suspect that I'll be a this dose for at least 3 more weeks. :-( I suspect that I won't make maintenance prior to the...
Hi Cathy, It's strange how different hospitals have different views of reactions. I have had apple sized (or more) red marks each week and each week we ...
... marks about halfway though the build up phase the doctor said thats normal about 60% of people get large local reactions as long as there are no allergic...
Ok... My left arm was clear this week (bees and wasps). No red mark at all at the 24-hr mark, very, very slight itching. Right arm has a blotchy area that is...
... I'm ... Hi Chris... I dunno. I had MUCH smaller reactions this week. I think I'll hit maintenance in two weeks. So where are you??!! ;-) Cathy Weeks...
I am so pleased that you are nearly there - a great Christmas present! David ... From: Cathy Weeks To: insectstings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 11,...
Out of curiousity, what percentage folks are allergic to just one kind of venom vs. multiple kinds? It was two yellow jacket stings that sent me to the ER, but...
... although i came up positive for all of them strongest for white faced hornet and honey bee! yellow jacket and yellow hornet were much weaker and wasp was...
... the ... to ... from ... most ... an ... venom ... insects ... Hmmmm... I wonder. My strongest reaction in the skin testing was actually to Honeybee. I...
Hi, Cathy, I'm glad your desensit. is going well still. In answer to your question - I haven't been formerly tested but have had 2 anaphylactic reactions to...
Last week my daughter and myself went along to our local parish church for a carol service (well, it's that time of year!!) Halfway through 'We Three Kings'...
... test! white faced hornet in the 3rd! yellow hornet+yellowjacket on 4rth round and wasp was barely positive on 5th round!! shure they were all positive and...
Hey Ya'll There's the rub! You can live your life very happily, and every once in a while get stung, and think nothing of it........ UNTIL! When I went to my...
... I'm sure that I'd be allergic to fire ants too, if they lived around here. But they've never been a problem in Missouri, New Jersey, and defintely not in...
Hi everybody, I am afraid that there are wasps around all year - but usually only indoors from December in the UK, thank goodness. Hence my brush with a wasp...
Using this as an excuse to post first message to the list. I have corresponded with David a couple of times since my second bad reaction to a wasp sting in the...
Hey Ed ... Nice to meet you! Yes, be careful of things folded up and put away in outside storage building, attics and such. Those big ones are the queens,...
Nice to meet you Ed, your post is too funny, with the exception of the little bitty sting issue. Welcome to the realm of the King of Stings...................
... told me.he said he was taking down siding off an old house and a bunch of sleeping wasps fell down his shirt he said i didnt think much of it considering...
Rich, Saw your post this morning and was mildly panicking over the prospect of multiple stings while making coffee and waiting for the kids to get ready for...
... mine! there is no need to panick at this time of year your odds of being stung in the winter are as good as hitting the lottery as far as i would think...
I made my maintenance dose today! I had planned to stay another week at .9, but then realized that I wasn't going in for another two weeks anyway, due to the...
... you could possibly get !! just think this spring you can live like normal person isnt it about time bring out the bees+wasps congradulations!!! how are...
... present ... spread ... I go back in 2 weeks, then 3 weeks, then 4 weeks. I think it stays at 4 weeks for awhile. Not sure how long, but I think he...
... you here which shot sites swelled the most during the build up phase ? do you get honey bee shots too? Rich ... <buddysneade@y...> ... like ... stays at...
... I got the private emails - they came through just fine. Yes, I got three shots every week - one mixed vespid in my right arm, honeybee on my upper left...
Rich My panic was light hearted humor to a non humorous situation; it's what us brits do when faced with problems we would rather no admit to not being able to...
Rich Sorry, I digressed in my last email. Having trouble taking all this seriously; which I clearly must!!!! Given that the nest was in northern Vermont,...
Hi Ed, Yes it is important to know what stung you as the venoms are different and so you will be treated with the appropriate venom for your allergy. The RAST...
... hornet or yellow hornet there nests look similar! white faced hornet is black with white markings and there bigger than common wasps ! yellow hornet are a...
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