hello all, I hope you are all in happy anticipation of the holidays. I know I am. I am continuing with my immunotherapy for all of my stinging friends. Sadly,...
Immunotherapy is not easy and is a mixture of ups and downs for a few folk - for most people it is straightforward and by the book but for others - well, it is...
Hi from the UK! Not sure what 'hard' sauce is!!! However, 2 good cooking sites for the Uk are http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/ http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/ and all...
I agree with Roz - you can't go wrong with Delia Smith and I recommend her iced Christmas Pudding as something different from the usual. It is delicious and...
Hi, Wonder if it is white sauce - perhaps made a bit thick? My husband's granny used to make custard that was so lumpy as kids they used to eat it with a...
Hi Everyone and Happy Christmas. I reached a milestone yesterday; I have been on maintenace for the best part of a year now, but had had the dose split into...
Yes - well done Chris - quite a slog! Like you I have a jab in each arm too with a 30 minute lag between them. And then I have to stay for another hour. And...
David, As you appear to live fairy close to where we are, I am curious as to which hospital you are using. Also whether they are used to giving a child...
Hi Roz, I don't know the age for immunotherapy but my sons are Y8 and Y10. The one in Y8 has a friend with a nut allergy. Like you his Mum was worried about...
Hey Ya'll Happy New Year! and what a way to start it off! I recieved my #36 set of maintenace shots tuesday, ( I get to go twice this month ) So I'm all happy...
Hi Robin ! I haven't had access to the computer much. (AGAIN) Can't even begin to catch up. Did see we had a new person a while back. I hope they are doing...
Happy New Year to you too Robyn - and welcome to the "After Three Years" club! A very select and small bunch of folk indeed!! Unfortunately the medical...
Happy New Year all! Here's to a G R E A T 2007! Congrats to those of you on 3 years! Perserverence! I admire you ALL! Gosh, I don't even know what '#' shot I'm...
... at maintenance shot #15, my allergist will re-test me after 3 years, if I'm still positive, the shots will be spaced out to 8 weeks for for another 2...
Hi, Just setting the scene - Sunday evening, 8pm, relaxed and quietly reading the Sunday papers when my husband opens a rucksack and out flies a HUGE wasp....
I can beat that - we were cleaning out our conservatory/sunroom a week ago and there was a huge queen hornet (Vespa Crabro) on the floor very slow moving but...
A friend and neighbour warned me that she had found 2 wasps ,very sleepy but very much alive, in her bathroom last Monday. I think that we've had only about 6...
Hi, Curious. I presume bee keepers get stung now and then. Do they end up with anaphalaxis? Was watching Jimmy's Farm last night and he has some bee hives....
Hi Maggie, Lots of beekeepers get stung and don't end up allergic to bee venom, let alone seriously allergic with anaphylaxis. However in order to become...
Hi David, Many thanks for that. I am outdoors now by preference but for 5 years I worked in a Garden Centre and then as a gardener. I am allergic to wasp...
Hi y'all: Two years ago this July I was stung once in the arm and had an allegic reaction. My heart started to pund and I felt dizzy. I felt hot. I was...
white.knight1970
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Feb 20, 2007 6:08 am
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Hi Mike ! Sorry to hear of all your troubles. I'm not the guru here but I did want to say "hey". I know panic attacks can really suck. I get them on the day...
Hey Mike ... The month of July sucks! That was my month too. ... Sorry you've had such a bad time with your therapy. Those panic attack sure do sound scary to...
... the whole venom shot thing tends to make some of us very anxious i went through it in the build up phase myself full blown panic attacks no fun!! it has...
Hi Mike, Yes - I am with the others and would definitely go back and have the immunotherapy. It is really understandable to have panic attacks about it and for...
Is this a first of the season? Sitting in Grindlewald, Switzerland ( 1050m) after an afternoon skiing. Lovely cafe and sitting on a sunny terrace looking at...
No wasps here yet in Haslemere, Surrey but am visiting the warmer Paris for three days today so taking the Epipens with just in case! Will advise if they are...
Nor in Ramsbottom, Lancashire - but it has been very windy ... Is Grindlewald near the Eiger? I must admit to enjoying the cold, wasp free weather - even been ...
Yes, it faces the Eiger We were skiing on the nursery slopes though!! We had hoped that a cold winter holiday would be the answer for our family, in particular...
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