Brand New Patient

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Hi all -- I just got approved for Xolair 375mg every two weeks

by my ins co. with very little fight (yay) lol. I am 18 and have

horrible allergies, chronic sinusitis and allergic asthma - my IgE is

1100. I know my IgE is out of range for Xolair but my pulmonologist/

allergist/ immunologist (all one guy -- he's triple boarded) really

thinks that this is the only thing we haven't tried (I went into

anaphylactic shock from my allergy shots at .10 mg (yeah -- i'm

REALLY allergic to everything they can test for).

The triple-boarded doctor that got this all approved is about an

hour and a half away from my house so my pediatrician (who trained

under the triple-boarded dr) is going to administer my shots in her

office. She had never even heard of xolair before me -- I am the

first one in this VERY large pediatric practice to be prescribed

xolair (in other words i'm their science experiment lol). My

pediatrician is going to talk to the triple-boarded doctor Monday or

Tuesday to get full instructions on what to do etc... b/c the triple

boarded guy prescribes this medicine often apparently.

Curascript is going to deliver my xolair to the pediatricians office

this coming wednesday morning (may 4 2005) and I am going to receive

my first injections wednesday afternoon.

I was wondering what to expect in terms of how long they will

probably have me wait after the shots, whether the shots are painful

(not that it really matters -- I just want to be prepared), and any

side effects, etc.... to expect. I'm so excited and hopeful that

xolair will work for me -- because at present I am on: allegra 180mg

twice a day, atarax (kinda like prescription benadryl) 2-5 times a

day, singulair 10mg daily, pseudovent 400mg twice daily, advair

500/50 twice daily and I just came off of a 7 week tour-de-

antibiotics (vantin, clindamycin (yeah 4x daily -- not fun), omnicef,

and finally ceftin) for a really bad sinus infection turned

bronchitis. Its gotten so bad lately that I am on a first name basis

with my pediatrician of a couple of months lol. So i'm really excited

for wednesday and so is my pediatrician (she really went the extra

mile for me and fought with my insurance company so its like a

victory for her too -- she about lept through the phone to kiss me

with excitement when i told her i had been approved -- so wednesday

should be fun!)

Anyway -- thanks for any info you can provide -- I really

appreciate it