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stepmum

twinkle - sorry you are having a tough time finding meds to suit you. hope these next ones do the trick.

Grrrrr got on op not only slow but I was screened out of everyone after doing over 50% of it!!!!

After trying to sort shop before I got to re message I had an email tonight saying I will be paid on the next pay out!! Wohoo!!!

Take care all
Jayne xxx

elysia2003

Hurray for that Step. I'm so glad.

I think I may be addicted to WH - I've been fed up because it's been down most of the day - don't they know I've got gold to win? :rotfl:

Giggles_Fairy

Hey ladies, well I was off to TGIS tonight to meet with some old friends. OMG we laughed so much! The waiter thought we were crazy haha but he was fab and indulged us! We even got balloon animals.

I have just posted my first guide on shopping so hoping that will get published. Going to try and write one a day I think. I also volunteered for my details to be sent to a paper and I could be contacted to take about quirky ways to money make (point is I will talk about shopping) and if I do and it gets published I will get a £30 thank you from shopping. I do think they are fab and a great way to earn money so no problem for me talking to someone about it hahaha

mum2one

cha97michelle wrote: »

Feeling a bit bleugh this morning as i was up late working on guides. I managed to write 3 last night, so i only hope they are good enough for approval. I will try and do the other 2 tonight if i am feeling up to it.

I had a really bad night last night as i had an allergic reaction to something and had swollen tingly lips, a swollen throat, and bad leg cramps for a couple of hours. I think it was some crisps i ate. Other than that i ate nothing unusual. Not nice, and a bit scary to be honest. I am just about pulled round today.

I'm cheered up as i had a YG 50p survey taking me to £36.50, and i also got a DY crown this morning. The first one i have had in weeks. Very welcome as my concentration has been more towards ciao in the past couple of weeks.

I'll see how well i can motivate myself in the rest of the day. Might be a case of do what i can till i collapse.

Apologies if I sound like an old fuss pot, but I would suggest getting into your doctors asap, you had a really luckly escape, even swollen tingly lips are a major factor, (that would be an epi pen episode), with the swollen throat, all I say is you must of had a guardian angel.

If that happens again, even the tingly lips, you need to dial 999 asap, and explain you think its an ANAPHYLAXIS ATTACK. you would most proberly end up with a paramedic first then an ambulance.

As for what you eat, I would get the packet, so you have the list of ingredients ready for the GP.

Mine triggered off from a Tikka Masalla, I just thought I was breathless (asthmatic) and gone from inside a shopping centre into the cold air, it was only as dad was driving me home (12 miles) that I had swelling and redness in face, and couldn't breath, we went to our local NHS walk in centre, I will never forget, I'm apologising for queue jumping, and it didn't sink in till the next day.


I've just copied this from Medicare - A guide to Anaphylaxis.

MILD TO MODERATE ALLERGIC REACTION

4 swelling of lips, face, eyes

4 hives or welts

4 abdominal pain, vomiting

ACTION

4 stay with child / adult and call for help (999)

4 give medications (if prescribed) ___________________

4 locate EpiPen®or EpiPen®Jr

4

WATCH FOR SIGNS OF ANAPHYLAXIS

ANAPHYLAXIS (SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTION)

4 difficulty/noisy breathing

4 swelling of tongue

4 swelling/tightness in throat

4 difficulty talking and/or hoarse voice

4 wheeze or persistent cough

4 loss of consciousness and/or collapse

4 pale and floppy (young children)

ACTION

1 Give EpiPen®or EpiPen® Jr
2 Call ambulance. Telephone 999
3 Contact parent/carer

If in doubt, give EpiPen® or EpiPen® J

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Not every symptom appears, - but thats a general list.
The epi -pen has a small dose of adreline in, which helps reverse the symptoms, and buys time for the ambulance crew, they have stronger doses.
For myself, I've had 6 attacks, 3 had been major, 3 minor but borderline, and a few near misses, as I have no idea what I'm allergic to.
I've had a series of blood tests done, but they came up clear, so its trial and error, everyone in the house has been shown how to use the epipen.

I have been prescribed an allergy tablet that take daily, and have a supply of piritron if an attack is starting, generally this stops it.

Apologies for the mother hen act, but I always think its better to be on the cautious side

mum2one

A quick update re court, letter off solicitors now know which court going to, got 2 in town, 10 minute drive apart!!
Cafcass haven't filed their report (upto teatime), but I've asked the secetary to ask the solicitor to get it emailed from court and to send me a copy, but if that doesn't come off - (very much doubt!!), got to meet him 30mins before the court hearing.... hope I can speed read x

elysia2003

Mum2one thanks for posting the advice for Michelle. I knew tingling lips was a symptom, but I didn't realise that it was that bad. DD1 has tingling lips whenever I wore my Armani Idole perfume - nothing else, so I don't wear it anymore. That info is great for all of us to know, not just Michelle. You never know do you? I was reading about a woman who got stung by a wasp, in a magazine last week, that sent her body into overdrive, and now she's allergic to over 1000 things.

Michelle how are you hun anyway? I hope you are feeling better after your ordeal.

Twinklestar - i hope you feel a little bit brighter too.

Giggles - glad you had a fab time. it sounds like you had a ball. Well done on your first guide. The rewards are good, but they are not as easy as a review for them, are they? I may look through the list again and see if I can do any more today.

Mum2one - good luck when you go to court. I'll be thinking of you.

Have a good money making day everyone.

xrestrictedx

morning everyone, so sorry i havent been around much, but my laptop completly had it now, my sister is in hospital and been traveling to see her everyday, its not close either, hour and half bus journey each way, and my car has died a painful death, it'll cost far too much to repair, new engine would be just as bad and the car is just not worth the work so i'm looking around for a new (second hand) car. can anyone tell me which cash back site is best for car insurance and exactly what i need to do to get it, i mean if there is something specific i'll need to do.

sorry i havent read past pages yet, will do one day when i get chance.
plz let me know if there is something really important i have missed, i hope everyone is ok and happy and earning lots of pennies. i'm not lol and need to find the money somewhere for a vehicle grrr,

lots of love and hugs to everyone xxxx
xxx milla xxx

sparkleychel

morning everyone
been awol for a while , daughter was really poorly , shes still not 100% yet , so no nursery for her, means no time for me lol
so i've been rubbish and haven't done a survey or anything
will try to have a big catch up today

twinkle i hope they sort your meds soon

and michelle DO go to the docs !! i had something similar happen
and its always best to get it checked out

hey restricted nice to see you

mum2one good luck will be thinking of you

rufus how are the cushions coming on? ive done no sewing all week everytime i picked something up i had to take daughter to the toilet so gave up in the end

free listing on ebay again this weekend time for another clear out everyone

rufusdog52

Hi restricted, long time no see, sorry to hear about all your troubles. With the cashback sites, I have used Quidco before to get my OH's car insurance via Morethan but the cashback took a long time to come through, nearly a year and I had to fight for it as it didnt track.

I use Topcashback for other things as I find they track better on there but you must remember to clear your cookies before you buy the insurance.

Would be best to have a look and see what companies are offering cashback on the site, make a list of them and how much you can get, then do some quotes with one or two of the compare sites and see if the ones offering cashback come high up or not. Doesnt always pay to go throught he cashback sites these days as you might get a cheaper quote with someone else.

My OH was with Morethan and he was paying £50 a month, new insurance was due this month and they wrote and said it had gone up to £65 a month so he did some quotes online and found Tesco would insure him for £45 a month which is less than he has been paying and when he put in his clubcard details they took it down another £5 a month.

cha97michelle

Thanks for all that information mum2one. I definitely need to take this seriously then.

So am i right in thinking it must have been the crisps? Prior to that i had eaten about 6 hours earlier, which was beef, mash, carrots and broccoli. Nothing offensive there and i think i would have reacted sooner. I had also eaten prawns about 12 hours earlier.

I've fished the pack out of the bin.

Someone else showed me a link about people who suffer from other allergies can suddenly have food allergies too especially to raw foods. I will get myself a Dr appointment as when i think about it, i have developed hives before without me knowing what had caused it. This was a couple of years ago though, so not sure if it is linked. I have fairly bad hayfever and have done for about 15 years. I can feel the symptoms of that, but i don't think i am having any other symptoms.

I definitely won't be eating that type of crisp again.

Scary stuff. I'll get myself a Drs appointment.