Whoa dudes, that was scary

[ProfessorArtNerd]

I had an anaphylactic reaction to allergy shots today. I'm shaking like crazy from the epi and I'm sleeeepy from all the Zyrtec.

DH was appropriately sympathetic; I feel less desire to light his face on fire but just a little less.

[vicky]

oh shit!! i'm sorry. were you in the office when it happened?
epi is no joke.

[UMaineTeach]

fantastic. allergic to the thing that was supposed to make you not allergic. take care

[snickers]

Oh my goodness, that's scary.
Hope your feeling normal again soon.

[fuckyourcouch]

that is so scary!
i had that happen with a prescription (that i had before!) once and it was terrifying. glad you're okay.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Jun 24, 2013 15:30:00 GMT -5 @kizmet said:

SCARY. Have you gotten shots incident free in the past?? I never wait the full 30 minutes they tell me to before leaving. I usually wait about 15. How long after getting the shot did it happen?

. Well I started feeling weird about 10 minutes in, but when I stood up to mention it, that's when I was full on wheezing and coughing. So they pulled me into a room and gave me stuff and made me take a nevulizer. Fun times!

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Jun 24, 2013 15:42:07 GMT -5 mekiakoo said:

Oh wow. Was this your first time getting the shot?

no I started in April, but this week was a dosage increase.

[Moe]

Gahhh, this is the worst.

The other day I went to a restaurant, and even if I made a big deal about not putting shrimp on my dish, DH found a shrimp AFTER I put some sides on my mouth. I went into a panic, and while I wasn't feeling any symptoms the stress was enough to get me over the edge. DH quickly yelled at me for not having my epi pen, but I did have benadryl and just ODed on those. DH actually found a waiter that had an epi pen and was all MOE MOE TAKE IT,but I'm like HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN AN EPI? THAT SHIT MAKES YOUR HEART WANT TO FEEL LIKE IT WANTS TO LEAVE YOUR BODY.

I was thrilled that the restaurant was all "oh, don't worry, we comped your papaya salad (the offensive dish)". Given that I sent it back practically uneaten, i'm surprised that they didn't just give me a fucking free meal.

They also comped my wine. SO I guess that's ok. I won't be going back there anytime soon, that's for damn sure.

But yeah, that sucks

[Moe]

Oh and you still get diamonds.

That's for damn sure.

[janiejones]

Scary! What ate you getting shots for? I want to get them but an do scared.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

My mom is forever pushing nevulizers on me. Same reaction- I feel insane for hours, Eileen, what the fuck?

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Jun 24, 2013 15:53:14 GMT -5 janiejones said:

Scary! What ate you getting shots for? I want to get them but an do scared.

I have allergic asthma and my main irritants seem to be mold and dust. However? I'm certain I have outdoor allergies as well; they didn't show positive on the test though. I get hives from raspberries and they didn't turn up for me. Huh

[nursewife]

That sounds so scary!! Using epi is a huge fear of mine. What are you getting shots for?

[Deleted]

Ugh I'm so so sorry I'm glad you're okay now!

[sugarbear]

Yikes! Glad you are ok.

[ginap]

Ugh epi is the worst. Glad you are ok.

[janiejones]

Jun 24, 2013 15:56:08 GMT -5 ProfessorArtNerd said:

Jun 24, 2013 15:53:14 GMT -5 janiejones said:

Scary! What ate you getting shots for? I want to get them but an do scared.

I have allergic asthma and my main irritants seem to be mold and dust. However? I'm certain I have outdoor allergies as well; they didn't show positive on the test though. I get hives from raspberries and they didn't turn up for me. Huh

Team allergic to raspberry, mould & dust!   (high5)


My seafood allergy didn't show on the latest test I had, but I've had 3+ anaphylactic reactions to it, and had it appear on other tests before, so I don't know what that's about.  

Do they do shots for food allergies?  I don't want to necessarily eat these foods, but if it helped me be around the allergen it would be awesome.