This has been on our local tv news station all day: .......since it is the news media, their actualy are saying, "Killer Bees"! .......how sweet :( Africanized...
A year ago, I was stung by two yellow jackets - one on each of my lower legs, and 30 minutes later, my husband and kids were rushing me to the hospital with a...
Cathy, There is no "correct" rate for immunotherapy and your doctor is right to adjust the programme for your particular responses to it. The 12 weeks...
A late reply but I agree with Douglas that it sounds more like an infection which is just bad luck rather than anything to worry about. Infections can be...
I seem to be (or rather, to have been) more of a normal allergic person. Other than a slightly itchy face early on in my therapy, I've never had any systemic...
... Welcome!! It sounds very frustrating what your going through with your therapy! Over 25 weeks is enough to wear your spirts down, Bless Your Heart! Hang in...
Hi Cathy, I've been out of the computer world for a week (no vacation, just no computer)and see a whole lot of new posts. Was going to try to respond to all...
Hi Robin, (If you click on the "finger pictures" link on Davids web site you'll see it listed as a hornet. His friend Mike takes the pictures.) That wasp looks...
Does anyone know how unusual it is to be allergic to all of the flying stinging insects? We didn't test for fire ants - I've never lived anywhere where they...
... PHONE, I also carry whatever kind of fast melt antihistimines is on sale with me. You'll find that your not alone here and the therapy stories vary so...
Hi Robin, The picture is of a bald faced hornet and it is a US insect - mainly in the south - which has a very nasty sting! My internet friend Mike is in a...
Hi all! Just to make it clear.....I ate at the same restaurant as the Hilton sisters in France at a nearby table and had no idea who they were - I do a bit...
... Hilton sisters in France at a nearby table and had no idea who they were - I do a bit more now but still don't know what they actually do other than spend...
Hi all, I've been reading the messages in the archives, and I've found that many of you feel bad after getting shots. Well, I do too. Usually, it's nothing...
Hi Cathy, The antihistamines make me wired for sound. Sick too. I know a lot of people that do get tired when taking them. For me, I think it's the combination...
Hi all, I had my shots yesterday (mixed vespids in the right arm, wasps and bees in the left) This time the nurse gave me a cold pack, and after my shots, I...
Just survived our holiday in Switzerland. I carried so much medication in my backpack (4 x epipens, inhaler, ventolin etc..) that I am almost bent double!...
Hi Roz, So glad that the holiday went well - and that the sandwich missed the passer-by too! We have some people here who have had children/grandchildren who...
My 3.5 year old daughter was outside playing in her wading pool, when she saw a wasp on our door mat. She decided to kill it by stepping on it. But she was...
If you are an allergic sort of person then you are atopic which means that you develop hypersensitivity to things more readily than most people.If you are more...
All, I am not aware of anyone in my family having the same reaction I had to the yellow-jacket sting. In fact, I was stung once before about 20 years ago and...
Hi David and all, interesting question this hereditary thing....... No one in my family, close or extended has an allergy to venom or any adverse reaction to...
... means that you develop hypersensitivity to things more readily than most people.If you are more atopic you are likely to become allergic to a lot of...
... to the yellow-jacket sting. In fact, I was stung once before about 20 years ago and had no reaction at all. However, in 2003 I had major surgery that...
I didn't really ask him the particulars, I'm supposed to see him or a PA this Saturday and I will ask for details. Phil "Why does your allergist suspect the...
Hi Phil and everyone, I believe that only the propensity to develop allergies is inherited, not the sensitivity to any specific allergen. That being said I...
Dear Cathy So sorry to hear of your problems with immunotherapy. As I think others have noted, this is not unusual. It took me 8 months to reach full strength...
Hi all, As I read through the archives, I keep seeing references to people having been stung by red wasps. How similar are they to paper wasps? I tested...
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