Thanks!! I am working on getting over the Epi fear. They gave it at the hospital last Thursday. And the last 5 days or so have been HELL. I know I should have gone back to hospital and used the Epi again at least twice, but I am still scared to give the injection to myself and to need it so often. Which means we really need to figure out the trigger so we can eliminate it. After my mom so reaction last Thursday she has been pushing for me to go back to hospital as well, but it is hard to do with 3 kids. Don't really have time to be sick. I am sure it sounds really stupid. And I have been reading and listening to the Benadryl can't save you, but I am still afraid that I am going to use it too soon or when not needed and put myself in cardiac arrest.
I am hoping Dr can give me clear cut answer to make me feel better about having to use it. So I am looking for a clear cut answer to if this then do this. Hoping he can give that. But more importantly I am hoping we can figure out what the trigger is to get rid of it. I do know that I am physically drained right now and can't keep going reaction after reaction.
I was told back in October 2011 (when they gave me the Epi) that I have Sesame, soy, and peanut allergies. I thought I was doing well reading the labels, but now not so sure. When we were in New York, a lot of labels had sesame mentioned, because a lot of the things we ate either came from canada or where smaller companies that sent things to Canada and Canada labels for sesame. I didn't realize that the US did not and now that we are in AZ I hardly see anything labeled for trace amounts of sesame. I have it narrowed down to a few things: either something has changed and new allergies, environmental allergies complicating things, or those 3 allergies have gotten significantly worse.
As far as I have seen. My reactions occur fairly instantly. Even contact in the air at the store is happening within minutes. If I eat something I normally know within a bite or two that it was a mistake.