http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/ Insect Sting Reactions and Allergies Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:03:31 GMT Deb Fawcett http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2111 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2111 HI Rich..............."hot as hell" !!! Oh my, that does happen and that's how I describe it ! Then the swelling gets all pooled in the back of my upper arm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:46:05 GMT Deb Fawcett http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2110 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2110 Cate ! I was wondering how it went with all the blood they took. Sorry to hear it was a no go and the other stuff. I'll keep thinking of you and wish the Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:43:51 GMT Deb Fawcett http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2109 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2109 Hi Diane, I know the buzzards are where ever I happen to be. Maybe not as much but in Ohio the weather has been strange. I expect them to come around their Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:37:53 GMT Deb Fawcett http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2108 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2108 OK now I'm crushed ! The King of Stings DOES NOT know everything ? Say it isn't so !! I won't believe it ! I may start the half in each arm thing. I still Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:54:41 GMT Roz Hannan http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2107 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2107 Hi Lisa,   My son Joe is one of the children that you may have read about in the archives. He was stung 3 years ago by a wasp and he went into anaphylactic Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:41:34 GMT mrmichaelgee http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2106 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2106 When I had my skin prick tests, I didn't have a reaction. And they said I was one of the most highly allergic people they had ever seen in the office. I did Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:19:36 GMT Insect Stings http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2105 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2105 OK Lisa, well you should really go with your allergist's advice and anaphylactic reactions to skin prick tests are very rare. Having said that a RAST blood Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:04:51 GMT robertpowell872 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2104 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2104 Hello everyone. I hope everyone had an insect free 4th of July. I know I sure was going out of my mind with my son running around watching the fireworks and we Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:41:05 GMT moomoos_mom http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2103 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2103 I went for my follow up the end of june with my new allergist/rhumatologist. He had done a whack of bloodwork in May and at that time said no way to the shots Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:04:34 GMT Diane Russell http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2102 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2102 Hello! The buzzers are out full force here in the USA It is awesome how they don't seem to pick ME out of a crowd any longer!! I too am still having my shot Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:12:24 GMT Insect Stings http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2101 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2101 Hi Everyone, Well I have my next jab on the 10th July and this then marks five years of maintenance. Like Chris I have 50 mg in each arm and now I have no Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:12:40 GMT Chris http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2100 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2100 I just noticed that my last message somehow missed the board, so here it is again... Well, I've not posted on here for quite some time, so perhaps time for an Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:10:24 GMT Chris http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2099 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2099 HI Rich, Yes, I still do and like you it varies from jab to jab. Also the "sting" at the time of the injection varies too from nothing to ouch! Cheers, Chris Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:52:43 GMT buddysneade http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2098 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2098 Ive been on honey bee and mixed vespid shots for 3 years now and still occasionally get large local reactions from the shots its funny its always different Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:36:00 GMT maggie_paton http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2097 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/insectstings/message/2097 Hi Lisa - sorry to hear about your son - as a Mum you go thru the mill worrying about them.- mine are 14 & 16 and it doesn't stop. You will find a new 'normal'