Guest guest Posted November 25, 2007 Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 Hello Everyone, I had my 4th injection last Wednesday. I am already noticing a big difference. I wish there was a way to test my IGE level now that I have been on X. My Doctor told me that the only way is to isolate the 'floating' IGE's and that is not possible. He said that they are only doing it in research labs. I do find that about 2-3 days before I'm due for my injection, I start getting allergy symptoms again. Is this common with everyone? I hope everyone had a healthy and happy Thanksgiving! Kristy From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of uca79iii Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 6:38 AM Subject: [ ] No posts in a week All quiet on the Xolair group front Looks like everyone is breathing well Happy Holidays everyone Doug Your group founder ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2007 Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 Yep. I had a good week, as I hope everyone else did. We went to South Padre with our daughter and son and his family for Thanksgiving. It turned cold the night we got in. I walked outside (bundled of course) several times in the cold, windy wet weather, and did not have to use my inhaler but about twice the whole time down there! Yes, we had an enjoyable time even though it was too cold to go swimming or to play in the waves and look for shells. I have had a cough all month, but the last two weeks it has been very much better. It is close to time for my next xolair shot. Hope all stay reasonably well during the next few weeks and the coming holidays. Gay uca79iii <bme1979@...> wrote: All quiet on the Xolair group front Looks like everyone is breathing well Happy Holidays everyone Doug Your group founder ) --------------------------------- Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside . See how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 I just noticed I signed with my nickname--from my middle name--that by which I have been called by family and close friends for almost 70 years. I guess after a year of posting on here and using my first name on all the posts, I can be allowed one slip! Just wanted you all to know that Adah and Gay are one and the same person--a rose by any other name???? ;-) LOL, no problem In another health group, I am known as " The Professional Eye Patient " Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Adah, MAYBE you can you blame it on the large amounts of triptophane you consumed over the Thanksgiving Holiday?? LOL!!! You must have been in the kitchen doing the dishes while everyone else was snoozing in front of the TV, so you still had " excess " amount of it in your system!....yep...that's my story and I'm sticking to it! LOL!! Ok...now in all seriousness here. My husband is from the UK, so we are ALWAYS checking the news over across the " pond " . Over the weekend there were two very interesting articles about Xolair in the UK on the BBC website. One was a patient's story, the other is about the NHS approval of Xolair. Meaning all of the UK is approved to get Xoalir through their National Health Service. The person getting Xolair will only have to pay 13 quid( British pound sterling), which is like $26 a month!!! If anyone is interested in reading up on the articles you can go to www.bbc.co.uk and do a search under Health. OR if it's ok with Doug.....I can find the links and post them here ( yes?!) Ok by me! It deals with xolair so POST AWAY Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Here ya go!! Like I said these came from the BBC's website! Think it's AWESOME!!! First link is a patient's story...she sounds like ME!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7015818.stm Second link is a medical article about Xolair! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4408188.stm ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. > Make your homepage. > http://www./r/hs > --- K K <grneyyedlady@...> wrote: > Adah, > > MAYBE you can you blame it on the large amounts of > triptophane you consumed over the Thanksgiving > Holiday?? LOL!!! > You must have been in the kitchen doing the dishes > while everyone else was snoozing in front of the TV, > so you still had " excess " amount of it in your > system!....yep...that's my story and I'm sticking to > it! LOL!! > > Ok...now in all seriousness here. My husband is from > the UK, so we are ALWAYS checking the news over > across the " pond " . Over the weekend there were two > very interesting articles about Xolair in the UK on > the BBC website. One was a patient's story, the > other > is about the NHS approval of Xolair. Meaning all of > the UK is approved to get Xoalir through their > National Health Service. The person getting Xolair > will only have to pay 13 quid( British pound > sterling), which is like $26 a month!!! > > If anyone is interested in reading up on the > articles > you can go to www.bbc.co.uk and do a search under > Health. OR if it's ok with Doug.....I can find the > links and post them here ( yes?!) > > > > Ok by me! It deals with xolair so POST AWAY > > Doug > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Never miss a thing. Make your home page. http://www./r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Thanks for the explanation--I just chalked it up to my aging mind and not enough " endorphins? " We went to South Padre Island--as far south as one can go in Texas without going into Mexico--for Thanksgiving and the hotel we stayed at catered Thanksgiving Dinner for us. So I really had a holiday--no cleaning up the house for guests--no cooking--and no dishes to clean up! It was cold--very windy--but we enjoyed just being together as a family--Oh, we went with our daughter and our son and his family. We enjoyed not having to meet a schedule each day. It was really a nice get away even if the weather did not cooperate while we were there. Speaking of articles on xolair, there is quite a long article on xolair in the San Express News today. It can be accessed by going to mysa.com web site. It really doesn't say anything different than what we have discussed here, but at least it hit the newspapers and let people know there is a drug out there for allergic asthmatics. It did give the story of one family whose life was run by how many times they had to take their son to the ER and how protective they had to be of him. Very similar to many of the experiences related by people on this site. After 10 mos. on xolair the 13 year old is now able to play sports including soccer! The mother testified that it had really changed their lives for the better! I was glad to see the article in the paper. Hope all had a safe and restful Thanksgiving breathing easy. Adah K K <grneyyedlady@...> wrote: Adah, MAYBE you can you blame it on the large amounts of triptophane you consumed over the Thanksgiving Holiday?? LOL!!! You must have been in the kitchen doing the dishes while everyone else was snoozing in front of the TV, so you still had " excess " amount of it in your system!....yep...that's my story and I'm sticking to it! LOL!! Ok...now in all seriousness here. My husband is from the UK, so we are ALWAYS checking the news over across the " pond " . Over the weekend there were two very interesting articles about Xolair in the UK on the BBC website. One was a patient's story, the other is about the NHS approval of Xolair. Meaning all of the UK is approved to get Xoalir through their National Health Service. The person getting Xolair will only have to pay 13 quid( British pound sterling), which is like $26 a month!!! If anyone is interested in reading up on the articles you can go to www.bbc.co.uk and do a search under Health. OR if it's ok with Doug.....I can find the links and post them here ( yes?!) Ok by me! It deals with xolair so POST AWAY Doug --------------------------------- Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Thanks, Doug, for the encouraging word! Adah Voigt <asthmatic50@...> wrote: I just noticed I signed with my nickname--from my middle name--that by which I have been called by family and close friends for almost 70 years. I guess after a year of posting on here and using my first name on all the posts, I can be allowed one slip! Just wanted you all to know that Adah and Gay are one and the same person--a rose by any other name???? ;-) LOL, no problem In another health group, I am known as " The Professional Eye Patient " Doug --------------------------------- Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside . See how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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