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

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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!