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...
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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...
Hey Ya'll Well, for those of us allergic, we might think "Cool, less buzzing, less chances of getting stung!" but Without our honeybees, we could end up with a...
I first came across Epipens about 8 years ago when I took my son and his friend David out for the day. David has a severe nut allergy and it was the first...
Hi Guys, Had a bit of a bad day yesterday. After having been on maintenance for over a year (albeit on split doses initially, then moving up to a full single...
Hey Chris Sorry you've had a set back ... Wow, no reactions, and then such a huge one! I guess things like that, make us perk up and take notice. Sounds like...
So sorry to hear this news Chris You have my sympathy!!!!! the good news is you are okay today! i am glad you were in a controlled enviorment and though way...
I am so sorry to hear that news - I am not surprised how terrible you must be feeling at the moment. Having achieved a goal like this it is a real downer to...
Hi Chris. I'll chime in with my "poor baby" for you. That must have been so frightening and disappointing. That's the spooky part of this therapy. One just...
... where i go for my shots she told me she has been on the shots for about two years with no problems i was there getting my jab right after it happened she...
Oh Chris. That sounds scary! Poor you, but hopefully it will only be a temporary set back. I had to visit the Allergy Specialist at our local hospital...
