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Hi, my name is Robin and I wanted to stop in and introduce myself.

I was diagnosed with asthma and severe allergies three years ago. I

have been taking allergy shots for almost two years. I also take

singulair, nasonex, and histavent daily to try to control my

allergies. My asthma has been getting progressively worse despite the

best efforts of my docs and myself. After trying a variety of meds,

Advair 500 has been the only one to have any real effect on my asthma.

Even while on Advair, I am still having bad asthma attacks. Each time

I come off the prednisone, within two days I can feel my chest start

to tighten again and the problems start all over. Within two weeks I

am right back at the docs with bad asthma problems again. I have also

been having repeat sinus infections.

I had an IgE test done last month. My results were 281. Higher than

they expected with my current treatment plan. I go back on the 20th of

this month for a breathing test with a follow up the following week.

The doc is leaning strongly to adding Xolair shots to my regimen.

First he wants to see how my Spiro test goes. The last two I had were

fine.