He is a brave boy - and so unlucky to continue to attract the little beasts. What is it about the allergic people who undergo desensitization that seems to...
Coincidentally I am a very allergic person, but to drugs like aspirin and morphine, so when my husband had his first and violent reaction to being stung by a...
wendywat45
wendywat45@...
Sep 10, 2006 5:46 pm
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Hey Wendy I'm glad for your husband that he has You!! ... Folks can be stubborn about some things. When ya'll go see the allergy doctor, is it possible for you...
Hey Ya'll This is the first year that I remember ever seeing these large ladies...their called European hornets. She's quite large, and kind of pretty. And...
Yes Robin, we have lots of these big guys here in Europe and you should see the queen hornets too!! They are so big but interestingly not as aggressive as...
Just wanted to share ... "Beetles Seduce Bees to Survive" Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News Sept. 12, 2006 — Clusters of blister beetle larvae mimic female...
Hi Robin, Wonder if it works on wasps? Just hope we are not all allergic to the blister beetle! Have you got rain yet? Its torrential this morning here - my...
Hey Maggie ... No rain yet, but we have a 'cold front' coming through on Saturday, keeping my fingers crossed, knock on wood etc..the weather dude says ...
Hi all, I'm a 29 year old lass and I wanted to ask advice on my own experiences with wasps. I know I'm allergic to them, and the allergic response seems to be...
niklasa_uk
niklasa_uk@...
Sep 23, 2006 6:54 am
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Hi Andy, Whether you are neurotic or not there is nothing wrong in asking your doctor for a referral to an allergist. If you get peace of mind from it then I...
Andy The best thing you can do is to see an allergist. They won't think you're crazy at all, and it will give you piece of mind. You'll know for sure if you...
Hi Andy, My GP hasn't referred me to an allergist (yet) but I do have 2 Epipens. I have had 2 anaphalactic shocks (first one 2 years ago, second last summer)....
Thanks very much for all the advice. I will be making an appointment with my GP soon anyway (I've just had surgery) and I will be sure to bring it up. Better...
niklasa_uk
niklasa_uk@...
Sep 26, 2006 5:34 am
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I was just looking at the excellent 'mother site' to refresh my memory on the life-cycle of the wasp. I was rather hoping that, it being October, and what with...
Hi Roz, Yes, it is "singing in the rain" time here in Surrey and Sussex - and we have got a drought problem with a hosepipe ban which is ironic! The wasps are...
..and just when I thought we could start to relax a little! "sigh" My son's school had two nests removed last week. The headteacher said that they are on...
Don't know about the Balearics but when I went to Gibraltar I did a bit of research and it would seem there are no wasps there either, certainly didn't see...
Hi Roz, Will look into Balearics ... bit warmer than Iceland .. Can confirm they have wasps on Corsica - HUGE ones - as my son got stung by one. For once...
To be quite honest, I haven't seen many wasps around all summer anyway, even the plum tree at the bottom of our garden (which I tend to avoid during Aug /...
Hey Ya'll ... Even with our drought conditions, the wasps seem to love it here! The past few weeks we've been getting some cooler temps in between the above...
Oh Robin they love you because you're SO sweet! I'm glad your reaction wasn't worse!!!!!!! Maintainance WORKS! Y E A H ! ! ! You got your shot the morning...
I don't miss the snow! Every once in a blue moon we do get some...but its usually gone in a day or two! I've been hunting for a 2007 wall calendar, no luck...
I am not sure if we have have daylight saving time but our clocks go back one hour in the autumn so that the mornings are brighter and the evenings darker....
Just to say that there is a special tea at the Cafe Royal in London on the 18th November in aid of The Anaphylaxis Campaign here in the UK with lots of UK...
Hi, Here in the UK we have British Summer Time which means that at the end of March we turn the clocks on 1 hour from GMT and in Ocober we turn them back to...
David How wonderful! You will do great! What will be your topic? Awareness is SO important! I am particulary concerned about how the emergency rooms here do...
Thank you for the encouragement Diane. Yes you can forgive the general public for their ignorance but the medical profession continue to stagger me as to their...
How cool!!! Though we can't be there in person, we will be with ya'll in spirit! I will put that on my calendar, and make sure I drink a cup of tea in ya'lls...
Hi, For those in the UK wasps seem to like flowering ivy - the type that goes over walls. We have some growing over our wall and I thought it could do with a...
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