First--
GOOD JOB. You saved your life last night. WAY TO GO, you!
I'm really really sorry that you had that experience. It's terrifying to be in anaphylaxis. But isn't it amazing how much epinephrine helps??
Also-- has anything new changed in your home recently? I'd be looking for a concentrated source of your allergen-- while a biphasic reaction like that is
possible-- if only just-- for it to be from an inhalation source would be incredibly odd. Is it possible that you've begun cross-reacting to something else? That a regularly purchased product now contains coconut after a reformulation?
In any event, a warm hug-- and a hope that things improve day by day. Be gentle with yourself.
DH is mad I used it at all instead of just going straight to the EROh my.
Well, I'm sorry to burden you with this as well, but your DH needs to be re-educated a bit here. This is called "life-threatening" for a reason.
Here's what's behind door number two, however... (door number one being what you did, which ended with you cranky over the expense and trouble, and stunned about what just happened to you... door number three would be, um, "dead" from the reaction...)
going without oxygen for very long
can lead to severe brain injury from anoxia/hypoxia-- which means that NOT using a $350 epipen when you should is actually playing a very dangerous game of roulette. Oh sure, I suppose if your DH wouldn't miss you all that much... (I'm kidding, I hope-- but hey-- how much DO you mean to him??) at least remind him that you becoming a vegetable and requiring round the clock care, or years of REHAB to re-learn how to be a functioning adult....
whoah,
HELLA expensive. For comparison, I mean.
Those are very real possibilities when you can't get oxygen to your brain.