Re: Re: Looking forward to my shots today

June 10, 2010

I have been three years on xolair this last February. What a difference. I

still have to avoid situations where I will manufacture IgE - like I can't sit

next to someone who has recently been in the house of someone who owns a CAT a

bird a horse, a dog or has cockroaches. ha ha ha. (I don't think I know anyone

who has cockroaches) I also carry my epi pen at all times. I can't travel on

public transportation but last August I decided it might be OK for me to take a

trip to Cathedral in the Pines in NH because our group was going in a limo - big

mistake - there were 10 of us and I was sitting next to a cat owner and one of

the ladies raised horses. I had an asthma attack the entire trip - and when I

got back - I still had to drive home and could not go on the highway - had to

take back roads. With in three days I was back on an antibiotic and prednisone

for a couple of months. I probably un-did most of a years worth of therapy. We

just have to be

careful and adjust to the fact that we must adjust our lives to accommodate the

disease. I wonder how many people nation wide are taking this drug. I am in

the VA health care system and I have been told that within this system there are

less than 200 total.

Anne

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From: Ol Wheezy <uca79iii@...>

Sent: Tue, June 8, 2010 9:31:37 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: Looking forward to my shots today

>

> Haven't logged on here for awhile but I saw where you mentioned that you had a

very adverse attack to allergy shots when you were child. Me too. They were

giving me the very thing that made me make IgE - and I nearly died. Today I can

still get into a situation where I manufacture IgE - the shots won't stop that

only bind what I have - but for the most part I can walk away from bad

circumstances. I have been on Xolair now for three years - 375 mg every two

weeks - and I can for the most part also breath - I just have to avoid sitting

next to anyone who has been in the house of someone who owns a CAT.

> Anne

>

Anne,

That was the only time I have ever had any kind of reaction. It was 1962 in the

covered wagon days of allergy injections too.

Xolair has never caused any kind of pain when injected or reaction, however, I

do carry 2 epi pens with me the rest of the day as per my doctor's instructions.

Doug

7 years on xolair this September

June 11, 2010

I am in a hotel and I am breatheless...only here for med tests...my husband says

I have to get out of here because I am so wheezy

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From: Magnuson <magnuson.mary@...>

Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 7:42:25 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Looking forward to my shots today

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I have been three years on xolair this last February. What a difference. I still

have to avoid situations where I will manufacture IgE - like I can't sit next to

someone who has recently been in the house of someone who owns a CAT a bird a

horse, a dog or has cockroaches. ha ha ha. (I don't think I know anyone who has

cockroaches) I also carry my epi pen at all times. I can't travel on public

transportation but last August I decided it might be OK for me to take a trip to

Cathedral in the Pines in NH because our group was going in a limo - big mistake

- there were 10 of us and I was sitting next to a cat owner and one of the

ladies raised horses. I had an asthma attack the entire trip - and when I got

back - I still had to drive home and could not go on the highway - had to take

back roads. With in three days I was back on an antibiotic and prednisone for a

couple of months. I probably un-did most of a years worth of therapy. We just

have to be

careful and adjust to the fact that we must adjust our lives to accommodate the

disease. I wonder how many people nation wide are taking this drug. I am in the

VA health care system and I have been told that within this system there are