ok, been stabbed and allergy tested and now got epi-pens.........ADVICE PLEASE.......[smile]

[Psychomum5]

waaaaaahhhhhh and a big

got many holes in my arms, got blood taken (tons it feels like but probably not much in reality), and got given a quick lesson on epi-pen usage and sent on my merry little way, SCARED TO DEATH.

I am allergic to milk (I knew), apples, tree fruits (which would include grapes and strawberries too apparently), house dust mite (very HUGE reaction on my arm to that!), tree pollen, grass pollen, cats and dogs (and most likely rabbits which we do in fact have).

also got allergies to medicines...

I need tocontact some allergy place which give epi-pen alerts thro your mobile to tell you whne your's is running out, plus I need to go back to the asthma nurse as wheezing is getting more apparent, and also then need madi-alert bracelets too.

any advice welcome on how to make DH and girls aware on how to handle me if I react badly as I am afraid they may panic, and also where is the best place for medi-alert style jewellery please......

I'd recommend a miele vaccumm cleaner over a dyson for allergies especially as you have asthma.

How's your arm? My son's took a few days to go down after tests a few years back. It was like yours - huge and hard and red and warm for a while.

You should always use the epi pen if you think you might possibly need to. Worst that happens is you're peppy for a while!

Agree with everyone else on everything else. Unless they disagreed with each other and then I don't know..

lmao @ agree with everyone else unless they disagree with each other!!

(I am not a heartless person btw, I am joking with my comments )

I am home aftere a bloody stressful day, feeling crap as I over-dosed on my antihistmin tablets, so DH has sat me on the sofa and is feeding pizza to the kids (which I have to say is toture....pure torture).(in fact the smell of the pizza is more torturess as I am now wanting some and can;t)

boys are being horrid and screechy tho, so I do wish I could hide right now......

arm still has a lump and altho the redness is gone I have now got a bruise forming instead in the place that the reaction was at it's worst!

have spoken to a friend who also has an epi-pen and she tried to reasure me........altho am not there yet I have to say. am guessing once I am settled and have the medi-bracelets and bedding I will be calmer....not least cos I will be sleeping better I hope.

thanks all for the posts, altho am getting my arsenal ready to throw at flame.......!!!!

(you forgot about settling more after the tattoo )

We still on for coffee tomorrow?

yes for coffee......

amd all down.....the eye testing went a bit for Holly......she now has a lazy eye and got to patch her right eye each night for an hour for 2wks and do exercises....then leave for a week, then patch again for 2wks, and then we go back!

arghhhhhhhhhhh

Oh joy! Bright side though - it is an hour each night and not a patch constantly for a fortnight at school etc

thans for that KM....I do already scan lists for milk as have been allergic for a year now, but am shocked by that list as I was not aware of some of those listed cotaining or being milk.

caramel flavouring esp is a shock as would not even think it being milk connected!

PSYCHO - Will call as soon as I get a second/find a phone, but if you read this before... Flameboy is VERY bouncy - you wanna go out for coffee?

have slept off the tabls finaly....was asleep by 8pm!!!

here's to a new day and spending money on new bedding

Have fun buying new bedding. Am slightly jealous, but not enough to want an allergy of my own, thank you.

watch out, your friend is trying to kill you.

Good luck.

flamesparrow I know you were joking but I saw a pictuure of a tattoo round a wrist recently

Fruit allergies aren't often anaphylactic as the proteins break down too quickly so you may have to work on the pizza ........

Don't know any good allergy jokes but

1. A sign was noticed in an allergist's office which showed a picture of a beautiful cat and a caption which said, "We got rid of the kids ......... the cat was allergic"

1. Some funeral guests, noticing that there was an absence of flowers, went up to the grieving widow to express their condolences. They graciously also informed her that, as per request, a donation would be made to a local charity in lieu of flowers. With a puzzled look upon her face, she retorted that there were no flowers because her husband had been allergic to flowers.

1. As part of the admission procedure in the hospital where I work, I ask the patients if they are allergic to anything.

If they are, I print it on an allergy band placed on the patients' wrists.

Once when I asked an elderly woman if she had any allergies, she said she couldn't eat bananas.

Imagine my surprise when several hours later a very irate son came out to the nurses' station demanding, "Who's responsible for labelling my mother 'bananas'?"

tatt....PMSL at the 'banana's' label.

my consultant did explain to me that the allergic responses I normally have to fruit is more of an 'oral allergy' response....ie, my lips tingle and mouth and tongue go sore. the reason why I went into allergic shock after the smoothie is because it had many fruits in, all of whcih would cause an oral allergic response normally, but this time cause the anaphalactic response as my body couldn't deal with so many.

means now that fruit salad is out, and that was my mainstay pud now as cannot have the other types as near enough all have milk of some form in them!

milk does cause a bad anaphalactic type response now, hence the epi-pens as there is so much that milk is hidden in, and many place still don;t think that milk is serious enough to label on products.......restuarants especially.

am not liking the response I am getting with wine either anymore........I am reacting to more and more

oh, and tharshe......yup....me thinks my friend is getting a warped sense of fun from this

!

(been trying to kill her for years... I can just be more inventive now )

......

You know you love me really

still no bedding

my fault tho as I have had hidious back ache and so have sat on MN all day!

am now drinking wine, altho I have a hot red face so am guessing that it doesn;t like me