A Message from Bluebottle

[bluebottle]

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I have a bracelet on BB cos I'm also completely allergic to nuts and have to carry an Epi-pen.Only found out about tramadol by taking the blooming things and ending up in A&E, itching like a looney. My son is allergic to lavender of all things.

Sounds like you've got serious allergy problems, Inca, as your requirement to carry an Epi-pen bears testimony to this. It's a good thing you attended A & E after taking Tramadol, especially with your medical history. My Fibromyalgia can sometimes manifest itself as intense itching and I have scratched myself until I draw blood in the past. A neurologist told me the itching was connected to damage to my motor nerves and was low-grade pain. I know what high-grade pain is as that has me crying with the pain. It is excruciating.

[dogtired]

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Do you mean Trimethoprim? I am unaware of and cannot find any drug by the name you mention.

Yes, spelling is not a strong point, sorry!

[Bill-K]

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I guess I'm pretty lucky, as I don't seem to get many bad reactions. Although, I did once find myself overcome by an inexcusable desire to ravish a young woman. I had attended a religious ceremony - which frightened me, to say the least. Following that, we indulged in all manner of excesses, and - in a thoroughly intoxicated state - I carried this poor woman off to my castle and subjected her to numerous indignities.

Fortunately for me, Mrs-K didn't press charges - and we tolerate each other to this day.

Seriously, though - I got prescribed Seroxat when I first went to my GP about depression, and it made me worse. I got Prozac after that, and although I can't say I lived happily ever after, it b100dy did the trick.

[Hurricane Puffrose]

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I have 3 severe allergies, fungi (I even come out in welts if i chop a mushroom for Mr R) its that severe Mr R cannot eat a mushroo then kiss me!

Codine, really nasty things happen if codine comes in to contact with me, normally ending up with a trip to A&E and (just to add to my joy) Pireton.

Now, according to A&E you cannot be allergic to Pireton, so you can imagine their horror when, being clever buggers, they gave me it on the pretence it was "ibroprofen" and they watched my skin change colour and me go in to anaphlyxsis (or however its spelt). According to Mr R I just sat there and went "Idiots gave me pireton eh?"

Yes I put a nice big complaint in to the hospital (doncaster royal infirmiry).

And BB my friends husband is diabetic, he designed a card that reads
"I'm not drunk, stoned nor doing the hokey cokey.. I am diabetic and need help.. NOW. Please call 999 and say Insulin Dependant Diabetic."

[Inca]

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This'll make you giggle because of the total randomness of it. I mentioned Jack is allergic to lavender,,it has his eyes streaming,nose streaming etcetc.
So.......Jack is driving home from a gig on the A34,and gets hit head on by a drunk/stoned eejit going the wrong way up the dual carriageway,lights off,munching MaccyD,,at midnight. All the airbags in the car went off and thank the Lord my son escaped with just a cordite burn on his hand and seatbelt bruises. Police arrive along with paramedics,,Jack gets in back of ambulance and gets asked if he has any allergies (morphine,codeine,penicillin)
Yes,,says my little soldier,,LAVENDER !!! The lady paramedic cracked up laughing ,,it took Jack ages to work out why.What did he think they were going to do,,waft a nosegay of lavender over him?? Silly boy!

[bluebottle]

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Had a shock when I saw my GP this morning. She asked what my Full Blood Count was when I was admitted to hospital on 25/11/12. "Twelve," says I. "Your Full Blood Count is normally 17," says the GP. "You lost five litres of blood when your ulcer bled." I say, "Are you sure you don't mean pints?" GP says, "No. Litres." Now, 1 litre = 1.75 pints. Multiply that by five and I find I lost 8.75 pints of blood, just over half my total blood volume. You can imagine the tunes my backside was playing as I left the surgery. My guardian angels must have been on double overtime on 25/11/12!

I know I said this before, but the paramedics from South Western Ambulance Service and staff at Derriford Hospital saved my life. If you're reading this thread, guys, a big THANK YOU for what you did for me.

[SpringerSpaniel]

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Hope you continue to recover and have a good Christmas

[bluebottle]

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Thank you, Springer Spaniel. Have a very good Christmas and I hope 2013 is a good year for you.

[Hurricane Puffrose]

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BB!! you never told me how ill you had been, or there would have been a train ticket in the post sharpish!

your meant to tell me stuff like this, you could have come up and been fussed over!! Ok the kids can get a bit chronic, but they can be sorted :caked:

Serious though have you got people to look after you?

[bluebottle]

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I didn't know I had lost 8.75 pints of blood until my GP told me this morning. All the hospital told me is that I had lost a lot of blood and that my Full Blood Count figures were -

25/11/12 = 12
03/12/12 = 14

My FBC should be 17.

Luckily, I have a sister who lives 3 miles away and very good friends and neighbours. So I am okay in that respect. My landlords, a council -owned housing association, have been brilliant.

Thanks for all the help you've given, Puff. I really do appreciate that. When I'm a lot better - I've been told it will be another 10 weeks for me to recover fully from what happened - I'm going to try and get to the Annual Meet and meet all of you face-to-face.

[Hurricane Puffrose]

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that is what your friends are for BB!

if you ever need me, shout.

[bluebottle]

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Thanks, Puff.

[bluebottle]

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I have 3 severe allergies, fungi (I even come out in welts if i chop a mushroom for Mr R) its that severe Mr R cannot eat a mushroo then kiss me!

Codine, really nasty things happen if codine comes in to contact with me, normally ending up with a trip to A&E and (just to add to my joy) Pireton.

Now, according to A&E you cannot be allergic to Pireton, so you can imagine their horror when, being clever buggers, they gave me it on the pretence it was "ibroprofen" and they watched my skin change colour and me go in to anaphlyxsis (or however its spelt). According to Mr R I just sat there and went "Idiots gave me pireton eh?"

Yes I put a nice big complaint in to the hospital (doncaster royal infirmiry).

And BB my friends husband is diabetic, he designed a card that reads
"I'm not drunk, stoned nor doing the hokey cokey.. I am diabetic and need help.. NOW. Please call 999 and say Insulin Dependant Diabetic."

Piriton is the brand name for Chlorphenamine Maleate or Chlorphenamine. You may wish to take a look at this http://www.nhs.uk/medicine-guides/pa...04mg%20tablets

It might provide answers as to why you react so adversely to it.

[Hurricane Puffrose]

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well, if you read a side affect I get it Oh joy of joys when hayfever time hitteth!!

I have been told by a doc it coul be a hormonal thing and that when my........ shall we say productive days are over I will lose the reaction..

Oh and the codine allergy, its great fun, the first thing they try to give me is..... piriton!!

[bluebottle]

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My mother is opiate-intolerant as am I and she reacts to.... codiene. It is a lot more common than people think. In my mother's case, it makes her feel very nauseous, which is the most common reaction.