Scheduled for 1st Xolair Injection This Friday AT HOME!!!!

March 22, 2007

Finally, I am scheduled to have an RN at my home this Fri. am for my first

Xolair injection. My doctor and I agreed to this in mid January; plus five

weeks ago I received the Xolair and it's been sitting in my fridge ever since.

I've heard every bit of you-know-what from all kinds of nurses and sales men

from CuraScript and their subcontractors as well as Genentech giving me a

hassle. I'm really turned off to Xolair now as the struggle has been so

exhausting and disgusting.

My pulmo wanted me to self inject from the beginning - with a nurse at my

house to show me how. Long ago she prescribed the epi pen. Actually, I could

do it myself and finally said I would just sit in the hallway outside the

doctor's office and inject next week if all else failed. That was no joke. I

would do it.

I'm so upset about the hassle and feeling insecure about the nurse that I hope

that doesn't cause a bad reaction. I could use some relief - both from the

nasty CuraScript and Genentech as well as the devastating allergies and asthma.

Trying to figure out which is worse right now but am opting for Xolair shot.

Thanks, Pat, for explaining how shaking or dissolving the powder too fast

breaks down the protein that is the protective medication. I didn't realize

that and will be very diligent myself as well as keeping an eye on the nurse

during preparation and injection. Your info might very well be saving me some

grief! The info I found on a nurses training website for Xolair did not go

into that much info so I'm a bit concerned about getting messed up by a nurse -

know more now and knowledge is power!

---------------------------------

Be a PS3 game guru.

Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Games.

Recommended Posts