fao salla

[Sqad]

Oi!...wot is the SP on your daughter?

[Bbbananas]

Was just about to post sqad - interrupted by work. Honestly!
The Prof was impressive - he didn't say he would 'try' to make her better, he said he 'will' make her better & I believe him. He said her immune system has really taken a battering - first of all with her urticaria, then her eczema, bowel problems & lately her umpteen allergies. He's going to tackle them all one by one, starting with the urticaria.

To cut a long story short, he's going to blast her with antihistamines & steroid creams - the antihistamines on a long-term basis. He seems to think it will all take time (he said she should have been referred to an immunologist at least 3 years ago.... tell me about it, we tried) because her problems have become severe, but he is hopeful she will get better & her immune system will recover.

I came away a little more optimistic, though I know it will all be a slow process & she won't recover overnight, but this is the first medical man she's seen who I actually believe has properly listened to her, taken her seriously & understands thoroughly her problem(s).

I could cry. She has had increasing & escalating problems for the last 10 years - it never should have got to this stage.

[Sqad]

salla......yes, I know............but knowledge is a great thing when looked in retrospect.

Good luck to her.

[Bbbananas]

Thank you.

The milk allergy is a certainty, but some of the others may be 'false positives' - you understand all this IgE business & RAST tests... Maybe, once her immune system is back to 'normal', she may find she can once again include all those items in her diet she has been having to leave out. Still scary, the thought that the slightest amount of milk or dairy can at the moment leave her gasping for breath & her throat close up, but she has an Epipen.

I will get my beautiful girl back. She never really went away, on the inside ;-)

[Sqad]

If I had been the Prof, I would have insisted on examining the mother.........for the point of thoroughness........you understand ;-)

[Bbbananas]

Mmmm... from the look and sound of him, he would have preferred to have an intimate examination of the father........!!!

[Sqad]

Yes....was he thin and bald....??

[Bbbananas]

Thin, lanky, bald - and enormous feet! A loss to womanhood, with feet that size... ;-)

Initials CS. Know him?

[Bbbananas]

womankind maybe I should say.....?!

[Sqad]

Yes............!!

[Count-A-Strong]

salla, I knew nothing about your daughters health problems but would just like to say I hope the recovery process is swift and long-term effective. Posts like this put things in perspective.

[Bbbananas]

They do count, thank you. And as you can see - I'm not all filth smut & innuendo. I do know when to be serious and what really is important in life. Myself and my daughter remain smiling at all, well 90%, of all times !! Like mother like daughter, only she is far more sensible than me.... and a cracking impressionist.

Sqad - this Prof is a really nice guy & seems to know his business, but I just could not take my eyes off those long feet - must have been a size 15. Phew...... ;-)

[Bbbananas]

OMG sqad - he's not your son is he?!!!!!!!!!! That would be a cracker!

[Sqad]

salla....my sons are "thick"......well 2 of them anyway ;-)

[Bbbananas]

Depends on your definition of 'thick'....?!!

Brains don't always matter so much, so long as they have a heart... (Was that a line from the Wizard of Oz?)

[Bbbananas]

Come on sqad - spill - how do you know CS? Friend, ex-colleague..... I need to know on a need-to-know basis ;-)

[whiskeryron]

salla,until I read this thread I had absolutely no idea your girl was so poorly,please may I offer my sincere sympathy & a prayer that she will get through this period so very very quickly,it is dreadful to watch your child suffering so much.Love and best wishes ♥xx.Ron.