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Hi everyone, I have been newly diagnosed with Samter's Triad.

As it has now been diagnosed - I realise it started approx 5 years ago

I had FESS surgury about 4 years ago - and afterwards developed a really bad

allergic reaction after surgery to pain killers (which was explained as a

reaction to the cocktail of drugs I had to take for a few weeks after surgery -

the surgeon said I had built up an antibody to the cocktail and it would

probably die down, it did in fact get better as the reaction was not as bad, and

I went from using an EpiPen to just antihistamines to calm the reaction, I then

went to an allergy clinic when the reaction started to just plan Paracetamol, I

was told by my GP it was very raare ti be allergic to paracetamol - but after a

series of test they confirmed that was the case. Marvellous!t Then last year, 3

years later I developed a flu like illness - that after repeated prescriptions

for Predislone and clarithomicyn for approx 6 months it still had not cleared

and my GP did not know what to do next - so I finally got reffered to a

Respiratory Physician and I went to see a specialist last Wednesday. And what a

day that was.... after 20 mins consultantion he informed me I had SAMTERS TRIAD.

What an amazing guy he was - it was the first time he meet me, and doctors I

have been seeing for years could not tell me that!!!!!

Needless to say I am reading as much as I can about it to try and educated

myself on the condition - I have just started PROPER treatment for what I have,

so I am hopeful that I should finally start to improve. I had got to the stage

where I was puffing and panting all the time. I look forward to finding out as

much as I can here.