Guest guest Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 I'm in a unique situation actually. I've had allergic asthma since I was 7 and it was not well controlled at all. My mom had 3 cats (that I later found I was allergic to) and I was constantly using my rescue inhaler to just barely make it through the day. I moved in with my dad and my asthma disappeared because I was away from the cats. I never had asthma trouble really until about 2 years ago. We got a puppy -- I was told I wasn't allergic to dogs and over the next year we added 3 more (all under 10 lbs). After the 3rd pup we added, I started having issues and went on Advair 250, Singular, and Claritin. Basically I feel my lung function is decent although I have tons of pleghm daily in my chest. I'm going to a pulmonologist to get a lung function test to see if I should go forward with allergy shots. I know many of you will probably say to ditch the dogs, but these guys are my children and I love them so much -- I'm overwhelmed by the thought of losing them and I'll do anything in my power to mask, hide, control my allergic asthma to keep them in my life. I guess I'm just wondering what the benefit of xolair is over traditional allergy shots.. Thanks for listening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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