Re: Anyone have to do this procedure when you get your xolair shot?/first shot update

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> >

> > I can't beleive what your writting here...

> > your supposed to see the allergist after you get

> your shot

> > in case something happens... you should say

> something

> > about this...

> > IT'S YOUR HEALTH AND YOUR RIGHT AS A PATIENT...

> > Lin from pittsburgh, pa

Well....I did my best Woody imitation about

getting into a

frothy panic attack for nothing.

I survived having my first shot. It wasn't even as

bad as I thought since some had said it takes a long

time for the drug to be injected. Gamaglobulin takes

a LONG time via a shot. Xolair was nothing like that.

Maybe not as fast as an insulin shot, but not long at

all.

What took place procedure wise...signed in, started

sniffling to the R.N. that I was scared. She is an

angel. Made me feel totally comfortable, stating they

have everything in the office for a full blown

anaphylatic reaction if I were to have one. The

office is 10 mins way from the major teaching

hospital. They have never had any type of reaction

from the 20 or so folks on Xolair, but one can never

say never.

(Side note-- in my bag I brought my epis, prednisone,

zantac and benadryl...can we say over prepared?)

No BP/Pulse Ox/or any other medical check before the

shot. Got the shot. Then went into the waiting room

where my friend was sitting. The exam room was WAY

too small, and I didn't want a panic attack to start

brewing.

So...I waited 30 mins. I never saw the doctor, but

after 20 or so ana reaction in my life time, I didn't

think I needed too.

Of course, all I'd have to do is holler, and I'm

fairly sure there'd be a stampede my way (or fall over

I broke down and took 1mg of Xanax, just so my anxiety

wouldn't precipitate an attack. The doctor said the

Xanax won't mask an ana reaction.

All and all fairly uneventful. My allergy shots were

WAY worse than the Xolair. I'd be toast for two days

after those. My arm doesn't hurt.

I scheduled for once shot every month.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP. I needed mucho moral

support. After 10 or so ana reactions to medications,

I was an absolute mess before getting the shot.

Nan-->glad I took the medication bungee jump

^v^ Life is too short to be bitter--Jackie Mason ^v^

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I LOVE that you are able to laugh a little over your anxiety over

starting Xolair. Good move taking a Xanax just in case.

I was so chronically ill from my asthma before I started, that I had

no anxiety. ANYTHING to get my life back. I really was at that

bargaining-with-the-devil-for-my-soul point.

Addy

> > >

> > > I can't beleive what your writting here...

> > > your supposed to see the allergist after you get

> > your shot

> > > in case something happens... you should say

> > something

> > > about this...

> > > IT'S YOUR HEALTH AND YOUR RIGHT AS A PATIENT...

> > > Lin from pittsburgh, pa

>

> Well....I did my best Woody imitation about

> getting into a

> frothy panic attack for nothing.

>

> I survived having my first shot. It wasn't even as

> bad as I thought since some had said it takes a long

> time for the drug to be injected. Gamaglobulin takes

> a LONG time via a shot. Xolair was nothing like that.

> Maybe not as fast as an insulin shot, but not long at

> all.

>

> What took place procedure wise...signed in, started

> sniffling to the R.N. that I was scared. She is an

> angel. Made me feel totally comfortable, stating they

> have everything in the office for a full blown

> anaphylatic reaction if I were to have one. The

> office is 10 mins way from the major teaching

> hospital. They have never had any type of reaction

> from the 20 or so folks on Xolair, but one can never

> say never.

>

> (Side note-- in my bag I brought my epis, prednisone,

> zantac and benadryl...can we say over prepared?)

>

> No BP/Pulse Ox/or any other medical check before the

> shot. Got the shot. Then went into the waiting room

> where my friend was sitting. The exam room was WAY

> too small, and I didn't want a panic attack to start

> brewing.

>

> So...I waited 30 mins. I never saw the doctor, but

> after 20 or so ana reaction in my life time, I didn't

> think I needed too.

> Of course, all I'd have to do is holler, and I'm

> fairly sure there'd be a stampede my way (or fall over

>

>

> I broke down and took 1mg of Xanax, just so my anxiety

> wouldn't precipitate an attack. The doctor said the

> Xanax won't mask an ana reaction.

>

> All and all fairly uneventful. My allergy shots were

> WAY worse than the Xolair. I'd be toast for two days

> after those. My arm doesn't hurt.

>

> I scheduled for once shot every month.

>

> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP. I needed mucho moral

> support. After 10 or so ana reactions to medications,

> I was an absolute mess before getting the shot.

>

> Nan-->glad I took the medication bungee jump

>

>

>

>

> ^v^ Life is too short to be bitter--Jackie Mason ^v^

>

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