Re: Was: Shots yesterday, now Epi Pens

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> My doctor's office also gets me in and out rapidly.  They used to check my

Epi at the front dask and again by the person giving the shot.  No Epi....no

shot.  They tell me now that the Epi is good to have but no longer required. 

I keep mine as my drive home has me about 1.5 hours away from medical support

at one point.  I also don't have cell coverage the entire way home. 

Anyway.....has anyone else been told that the Epi is no longer required?

>  Mike McBride

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The first thing my nurse asks me is " do you have your epi's? " I have to have

two in case one does not work. They make me carry it the rest of the day after

waiting 30 minutes in the office.

Doug

Group founder

[Guest guest]

No, but after the first year, the nurse who gives me my shot has not asked if I

had it nor asked if I needed a new prescription, which I do....I have not asked

for it!  But then no matter where I go in my city, I am no more than 15 or 20

minutes from a hospital or clinic--I am very fortunate.

 

I do still wait the twenty minutes, but from the time I sign in until I leave,

is usually less than an hour.

From: McBride <mike.dmcbride@...>

Subject: [ ] Was: Shots yesterday, now Epi Pens

Date: Monday, March 1, 2010, 6:50 PM

 

My doctor's office also gets me in and out rapidly.  They used to check my Epi

at the front dask and again by the person giving the shot.  No Epi....no

shot.  They tell me now that the Epi is good to have but no longer required. 

I keep mine as my drive home has me about 1.5 hours away from medical support

at one point.  I also don't have cell coverage the entire way home. 

Anyway.....has anyone else been told that the Epi is no longer required?

 Mike McBride

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From: K K <grneyyedlady>

Sent: Mon, March 1, 2010 2:22:52 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Shots yesterday

 

I self injected for almost 3 years, but then the FDA warning came along and I

had to stop. Luckily my Allergist has a gazillion patients on Xolair, who they

take care of us quickly. I don't have to hang out for hours in his office,

especially since he wrote me a script for an epi pen, which everyone on Xolair

SHOULD have just in case.

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From: Leigh McCall-Alton <mccallalton>

Sent: Mon, March 1, 2010 4:16:09 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Shots yesterday

anybody else ever self inject and think they had a better response to xolair?

leigh

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From: heather351 <heaven1975@ . com>

Sent: Sun, February 28, 2010 4:37:25 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Shots yesterday

waaay back when i started on xolair, a xolair RN came to my drs office to teach

them how to mix it (i guess it was so new, they were afraid to just let people

follow instructions? ?). the xolair RN asked if i wanted to learn to inject

myself. SURE! they showed me how to mix/inject and i've been doing it ever

since. the original plan was for me to do it at home eventually, but thanks to

the FDA and all their regulations, i'm stuck at my drs office doing it.

i guess it could be worse.....

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> ..... I do the shots at home now and I have for about the last 2.5 years. The

difference in the allergies are so significant until it is worth it all.

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> > Gwendolyn Rafter

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> How do you get them to let you self inject? Every time I bring it up, the jaws

hit the floor and all the potential problems get rattled off. No one seems to

care that the time they have me sitting in the office isn't matching up with the

time I'd be most likely to have a reaction or that there are people who inject

insulin every day and if you screw that up it can be deadly. It just doesn't

make sense to me. With my other health issues, it's getting harder and harder on

me to go anywhere. So I would love to give myself Xolair at home.

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[Guest guest]

with all this epi-pen talk, its a good time to remember that people like us with

such severe (and often unknown or new) allergies should carry our epi-pens all

the time. i'm not saying it needs to be on the coffee table when your on the

couch and then carried into the kitchen when you get a drink, but be aware of

where it is. my epi-pen's home is in my pocketbook. always. i always know where

it is when i'm home, and its always with me when i'm out. its not very heavy,

and if you need it, it won't do you much good if its not near by!

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> > > My doctor's office also gets me in and out rapidly.  They used to check

my Epi at the front dask and again by the person giving the shot.  No Epi....no

shot.  They tell me now that the Epi is good to have but no longer required. 

I keep mine as my drive home has me about 1.5 hours away from medical support

at one point.  I also don't have cell coverage the entire way home. 

Anyway.....has anyone else been told that the Epi is no longer required?

> > > Â Mike McBride

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> > The first thing my nurse asks me is " do you have your epi's? " I have to have

two in case one does not work. They make me carry it the rest of the day after

waiting 30 minutes in the office.

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> > Doug

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[Guest guest]

Maybe this is a silly question, but why is your epi pen at home in the fridge?

Just wondering why bother having one if it's not with you when you might need it

and why store it in the fridge when it's supposed to be stored at room

temp...well 77-deg according to the instructions but if my house or car is

77-deg I'm having a heat stroke.

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> > > My doctor's office also gets me in and out rapidly. They used to check

my Epi at the front dask and again by the person giving the shot. No Epi....no

shot. They tell me now that the Epi is good to have but no longer required.Â

I keep mine as my drive home has me about 1.5 hours away from medical support

at one point. I also don't have cell coverage the entire way home.Â

Anyway.....has anyone else been told that the Epi is no longer required?

> > > Â Mike McBride

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> > The first thing my nurse asks me is " do you have your epi's? " I have to have

two in case one does not work. They make me carry it the rest of the day after

waiting 30 minutes in the office.

> >

> > Doug

> > Group founder

> >

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> Janet Boss

>

> Best Friends Dog Obedience

> Baltimore/Ellicott City/Frederick MD

> Trainer/Instructor/Consultant

> Member; IACP #2574

>

> Visit our website! www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

>

> Contact me: janet@...

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