Re: Had 2nd set of injections - apparently no side effects - questions

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the idea of decorating xolair bottles for christmas made me

laugh...imagine a tree decorated with bottles, the christmas lights

shining through it. (kind of reminded me of my then-single husband

living with two other buddies...they decorated their tree with

budweiser cans one year -- surprisingly, it didn't look as tacky as

you'd think!!)

as for the bubbles, they're fine. (i think carrie mentioned). my

only issue with them is i feel like i'm getting cheated out of some

xolair....and i can use as much as i can get!!

you didn't get a red-bin with your original stuff? when we talked

about my xolair-ing at home (which has since been flushed, my dr

enjoys my company too much apparently) she said we'd get the red-bin

(sharps container) with the other stuff. i wouldn't want to be

holding onto needles and stuff til i could bring it to the office to

throw it out.

--- In , " instdesgn1 " <instdesgn1@...>

wrote:

>

> This past Sat. eve. I had my second series of Xolair injections -

2

> shots of 150 mgs each every 2 weeks. I self injected at home and

was

> pleased that this time I did not even have a bruise mark or

> inflammation; in fact, I can't even find the injection site on my

> arm!!! I had my hubby pinch the fat on my arm while I harpooned

with

> the needle, then he let go so I could inject myself. We did

> a " pretend " run-through and discussion first.

>

> The only part that concerned me was that the syringe had 4 pin-

head

> size bubbles and I know that bubbles are bad. I watched them

> carefully and they did not go into the needle; rather, they seemed

to

> stay on the side of the barrel and go to the bottom as I pressed

the

> plunger. Is that normal? Is there anything I should do? I was a

> little freaked about it but everything came out just fine.

>

> I talked to my doctor's coordinator ... I suggested that perhaps I

> could go to a higher dose (maybe 375) as my weight and IgE

together

> actually put me in the grey " do not treat " area. Of course, I'm

> tired of these awful sinus headaches and want it to work ***right

now

> *** !!! When I see the doctor she will do a PFT and we'll talk

more

> about it.

>

> Question - what types of tests does a doc normally do when on

> Xolair? Any particular cancer or other screenings?

>

> Frivolous question - What do you do with the old bottles and

> syringes? My coordinator said I can bring them into the doc's

office

> w/me. So far I've used the left-over sterile water to see how far

I

> cold " eject " it from a syringe across the kitchen. Kind'a like

> spitting watermelon seeds as kids!!!! That was after I had

finished

> with all the syringes. The bottles are so little and cute and at

> over $2,000 a pop I feel that I should decorate with them! Too

early

> for Christmas, though!

>