Guest guest Posted July 19, 2001 Report Share Posted July 19, 2001 Hi everyone. I have been reading all the postings for a couple of weeks and have really had my eyes opened. Here I thought I was all alone out there. I have learned a great deal about what is happening to my body and will have lots of questions for my allergist when I see him next week. At present I am taking Reactine, Singulaire and ranitidine. I have good days and bad days. I can handle the normal red, itchy hives, but those big purple wheals that last for several days and leave a bruise that lasts another several days are hard to cope with. I most often have them between my legs making it difficult (if not impossible) to walk very far.I ended up in the hospital in the winter with severe angioedema. I have been checked for Lupus and am going in to London next week for all the thyroid tests. What is really upsetting me is having to cancel a trip to New Zealand and Australia (I thought the urticaria would be gone by now) for which I have been saving for a couple of years. I'm just afraid to go. Thanks for listening. Lucielle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2001 Report Share Posted July 20, 2001 Hi Lucielle, A big warm welcome to the group. Nope you are not alone ;o) I am glad you are finding information. I am sad to hear you are cancelling your trip. Does your med combo not work effectively? If not please talk to your doctor about trying a different combo. Sometimes it takes a bit of trial and error. Also I am sure as you have been reading there are lots of reasons for CU~have you had any dental work done? are you on birth control pills? can you link food as a trigger? there are diets that may be of help. So many reasons. Hopefully you will find your cause and rid yourself of this. Love, ~Alena's Mom urticaria > Hi everyone. I have been reading all the postings > for a couple of weeks and have really had my eyes > opened. Here I thought I was all alone out there. > I have learned a great deal about what is happening > to my body and will have lots of questions for my > allergist when I see him next week. > > At present I am taking Reactine, Singulaire and > ranitidine. I have good days and bad days. I can > handle the normal red, itchy hives, but those big > purple wheals that last for several days and leave > a bruise that lasts another several days are hard > to cope with. I most often have them between my > legs making it difficult (if not impossible) to > walk very far.I ended up in the hospital in the > winter with severe angioedema. > > I have been checked for Lupus and am going in > to London next week for all the thyroid tests. > > What is really upsetting me is having to cancel > a trip to New Zealand and Australia (I thought the > urticaria would be gone by now) for which I have been > saving for a couple of years. I'm just afraid to go. > > Thanks for listening. Lucielle > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > If you do wish to unsubscribe then you can click on the following link: > urticaria-unsubscribeegroups > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > This list is in the service of those who suffer from Chronic Urticaria (hives). We strive to support and lift each other as a worldwide cyber-family. > > We share whatever needs to be shared to help one another in our struggle with Chronic Urticria. Information provided in this forum is not to be taken as medical advice. Always consult your health professional before trying anything new. > > Any posting that is off the main topic of Chronic Urticaria, we post with a prefix of NCU -. This is done out of respect for those who do not wish to read such postings. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2001 Report Share Posted July 20, 2001 --- Welcome to the group Lucille, I have had chronic hives/angio for serveral years. I don't vacation much, but when I do I would ask my doctor for prednisone, my doc really doesn't like to prescribe it so she would give me one of this dial packs, where you take decreased dosages each day, I think they are a form of steriod, but maybe not as strong as prednisone. They always helped, so I wouldn't have to worry about my lips swelling of giant hives on my body when I was on vacation. Good luck.. In urticaria@y..., " lucielle beer " <lbeer@s...> wrote: > Hi everyone. I have been reading all the postings > for a couple of weeks and have really had my eyes > opened. Here I thought I was all alone out there. > I have learned a great deal about what is happening > to my body and will have lots of questions for my > allergist when I see him next week. > > At present I am taking Reactine, Singulaire and > ranitidine. I have good days and bad days. I can > handle the normal red, itchy hives, but those big > purple wheals that last for several days and leave > a bruise that lasts another several days are hard > to cope with. I most often have them between my > legs making it difficult (if not impossible) to > walk very far.I ended up in the hospital in the > winter with severe angioedema. > > I have been checked for Lupus and am going in > to London next week for all the thyroid tests. > > What is really upsetting me is having to cancel > a trip to New Zealand and Australia (I thought the > urticaria would be gone by now) for which I have been > saving for a couple of years. I'm just afraid to go. > > Thanks for listening. Lucielle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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