Addie
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Actually, I think it is orange to the thigh, blue to the sky.
Don't you think you better have it down pat before you head of into this adventure?
Actually, I think it is orange to the thigh, blue to the sky.
If you've ever used an epi-pen, it would be difficult to mistake which end goes against the thigh. However, the little ditty is helpful for children and others. The first time I went into anaphylaxis was quite scary. I was making pesto and learned I was allergic to pine nuts. Fortunately, I had an epi-pen and was not alone. The only time I was grateful for my insect allergy--it saved my life. I would not have made it to the emergency room (despite how crazy my friend was driving) if I had had to wait for the ambulance. My mother, the RN, told me afterwards that if I hadn't had an epi-pen, her advice as a volunteer for St. John's ambulance would have been to tell the person with me to breathe for me if the ambulance didn't arrive on time. Fortunately, I have not gone into anaphylaxis for more than 25 years. I have however sat in the emergency ward several times waiting to see if "whatever stung" me was one of the various insects to which I am allergic (not wanting to use my epi-pen for a false alarm).I was just wondering about that. I have a lot of trouble remembering binaries like that. My guess (GUESS!) is that it's blue to the sky, since the sky is usually blue rather than orange.
(not wanting to use my epi-pen for a false alarm).
I even know what that means.Tachycardia...
Tachycardia...
Imagine being startled x 1000...you don't want to use an epi-pen unless you need it.
+1Imagine being startled x 1000...you don't want to use an epi-pen unless you need it.
+1 not worth the risk. I am also allergic to cleaning products. When I do have to travel for work, I have to make arrangements in advance that the room is not cleaned with certain products and FeBreeze is not used. And, I have to bring my own sheets because of my allergies to detergents. I have structured my life around my allergies and forget that out there in the "real world" how I live is not how things work--it is very hard for me to be in a "normal" environment for extended periods. White vinegar is one of my best friends for cleaning, as is my steam cleaner.The only allergies I have are from medicines and seafood high in iodine. And the minute I put a piece in my mouth that has a lot of iodine, I can taste it immediately on the tip on my tongue. I get it mostly with scallops. So I willingly pass on them. No sense in taking chances.
Don't want to go there--anaphylaxis is scary enough.Tachycardia...
Shrek has had complete anaphylaxsis...bee stung him 4 times through his jeans. We didn't know he was allergic and we were up in the mountains. I had to drive us back to a Ranger Station about a mile and the Ranger staff had an e-kit with an epi-pen. Luckily, we had studied anaphylaxis the year before in nursing school, so I knew what was happening.
I had a very mild case last December while eating shrimp, I haven't pushed it.
How does one have a mild case? I didn't know I was allergic to bees/wasps, or pine nuts until I experienced anaphylaxis--funny that. I remember having allergy tests when I was around 12 yrs. old because of my wheezing (feathers, mold, mildew at that time). I have it on my list to ask my doctor to send me back to the allergist--haven't been for awhile, probably wouldn't be a bad idea to have allergy tests done again. Glad that epi-pens are no longer prescription--still darned expensive, but available w/out a prescription here in Canada.My mom saved a person's life when she was a St. John's ambulance volunteer. The kid was in anaphylaxis and the closest hospital was over an hour away. She had an epi-pen at the cottage for me. She used it on the kid--even though it was against the rules for a volunteer ambulance person to break skin. The Good Samaritan rule protected her (and the lad lived). After that, she was given some sort of special "allowance" by the ON government that allowed her to behave as a nurse when she was volunteering for the ambulance service. In other words, she could break skin.Shrek has had complete anaphylaxsis...bee stung him 4 times through his jeans. We didn't know he was allergic and we were up in the mountains. I had to drive us back to a Ranger Station about a mile and the Ranger staff had an e-kit with an epi-pen. Luckily, we had studied anaphylaxis the year before in nursing school, so I knew what was happening.
I had a very mild case last December while eating shrimp, I haven't pushed it.
How does one have a mild case? I didn't know I was allergic to bees/wasps, or pine nuts until I experienced anaphylaxis--funny that. I remember having allergy tests when I was around 12 yrs. old because of my wheezing (feathers, mold, mildew at that time). I have it on my list to ask my doctor to send me back to the allergist--haven't been for awhile, probably wouldn't be a bad idea to have allergy tests done again. Glad that epi-pens are no longer prescription--still darned expensive, but available w/out a prescription here in Canada.My mom saved a person's life when she was a St. John's ambulance volunteer. The kid was in anaphylaxis and the closest hospital was over an hour away. She had an epi-pen at the cottage for me. She used it on the kid--even though it was against the rules for a volunteer ambulance person to break skin. The Good Samaritan rule protected her (and the lad lived). After that, she was given some sort of special "allowance" by the ON government that allowed her to behave as a nurse when she was volunteering for the ambulance service. In other words, she could break skin.