Guest guest Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 We have not had to suffer from wildfire smoke but there was a " mulch mountain " fire in NW SA that burned for over three months and many people lived in hotels for that time because of the smoke and their respiratory conditions. It was finally put out after we had several hard rains and a special crew came in to work on it. I had friends who suffered from that smoke. We also have had smoke from the burning fields in Mexico every May that the wind blows directly out of the south/southwest. I remember one May/June it was so bad that the heavy smoke made it look like cloudy for several days in a row. It was not fun.... So I can sympathize with feeling like you are a prisoner in your own home. When we are under an air quality alert, that is the way I feel--I don't go out for any reason unless it is a dire emergency and then I try to cover my mouth and nose from house to car. We pray that God sends rain and the fires can be put out very soon. Happy Mother's Day to all of our Mother's! Adah pyle456 <coachmac@...> wrote: I feel for you - it is terrible to be exposed to fires like that, even for a healthy person, much less for one of us. We've only had one wildfire that got near where I live. It was put out within hours, but I had to leave work that day and go home. As a former Floridian, I think " God's waiting room, " is a great term for it, although I'm sure it is hell on earth now with the fires. Addy > > > Hi, > > > > When I went for my apt this week, I had a chance > > encounter with our local Xolair rep. She clarified a > > few things for me.... > > > > 1) Most ppl can hope for a 50% improvement in their > > baseline (whatever that is). Thus, hoping to live on > > 2 > > puffs of Flovent a day when before you were on max > > doses + pred 50mg is not realistic. So ppl may do > > better and some may do worse but tbat is the > > average. > > So if I was before stuck on 12.5 mg pred and now I > > am > > on 5mg so that is more than a 50% drop in the dose > > which puts me approximately par for the course. > > > > 2) There is mixed views about what pred does to > > IgEs. > > So she said most docs just dose at whatever level > > you > > produce regardless of your pred usage. That is how > > they did the studies too. More xolair is not > > necessarily better... > > > > 3) Xolair has been shown to be cost-effective in > > terms > > of decreased ER visits, lost productivity > > etc...(they > > did the math....) > > > > 4) There has not been one single case of > > anaphylatic-like reactions in Canada. There are > > about > > 900 users.... > > > > Have a great day! > > > > > > > > > > Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard > > is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new > > at > > http://mrd.mail./try_beta?.intl=ca > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ ______________ > Don't pick lemons. > See all the new 2007 cars at Autos. > http://autos./new_cars.html > --------------------------------- The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Search Marketing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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