hey everyone i wanted to first welcome all the new faces and hello to all my old friends. the kids are back in school and have a spare minute to myself !!!

to i havent been on because i havent been able to type the last 3 wks or so. here is the story i know you might laugh i did afterwards but it really isnt that funny. sorry if this is long


ok so i was changing my daughters epi pen out from old to new. and anyone who has seen these knows that they auto inject. well i was tired hadnt been sleepin of course and runnin around crazy tryin to get stuff done was home late from work and it was her first night of school anyways im tellin her how important it is to not play with epi pens and that she had to take it straight to the nurse and not show anyone.

well not even 3 sec later i hit the release button and the needle part was right up next to my right thumb up to the skin. well the needle injected into the thumb and straight into the bone.!!! i was screamin bloody murder and my husband was in our room and said it sounded like a tire exploding. well short story he had to use pliars to pull it out. and i got have the injection of epi and it almost killed me because of my heart issues and the med interacted with the med i take for my heart and cluster headaches so its been fun. spent 2 days in the hospital and almost lost my thumb becuase epi can eat the tissue away if its not a fatty area and thumbs arent fatty LOL but i will be able to keep the thumb been havin to keep nitro on it to get circulation. but rsd is unforgiving.

pew that was a book in a have. so i am sorry that i havent posted much been reading tho. i hope that everyone is doin ok


carrie

Carrie -

I am so sorry to hear what you went through. It sounds terrifying.

For what it's worth, I had tons of allergies as a child and would take a lot of epinephrine for anaphylaxis from one thing or another: bee stings were my specialty. Then about the time I developed RSD it appears that I went through something called a T1/T2 shift, by which the T-cells switched from attacking antigens (other) to self. Anyhow, on the one hand, all of my allergies went away over night, on the other hand, even a couple of (the real) Sudafed tablets (think of it as synthetic cortisol: fight or flight, etc.) would trigger a flair that would last for a day or more.

But nothing like your experience, to be sure. Glad you made it back. And best of luck with the thumb!

Mike

Oh my I am so sorry. Talk about adding more to the already. I hope you are feeling better and thngs begin to look brighter and less painful ASAP!

Hey Carrie,

I'm glad your doing better and I'm sorry you had to go through so much.
Take care,
Sherrie

Wow that is just amazing! A freak accident!

I am so glad you came through this finally. Can't have been fun tho!

Had No Idea you landed in the hospital!

So glad you're back!

pete

Im glad to hear that your out of the hospital and the thumb is going to be ok,,and your right,,rsd is always looking for a reason [injury] to host another part of the body,,i injuerd my left thumb 4 months ago,[deep splinter],,rsd went in but by Gods grace after 2 weeks,,it disappeared,,,Glad to see you blogging again,,,,,,,,,,bobber ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, P.S It kinda makes me want to walk around wrapped in bubble wrap,,,,,,lol,,,,,,

thanks to you all. yea it was a horrible freak accident. one that i defiantly wont do again. thanks for all the comments i just wanted to know that i was still around just lurking.
hope that everyone has a great weekend

carrie

well at least with me i have very little that doesnt have rsd it just causes it to act like a beast.

YUK!!

That sounds totally awful. And of course it would happen when the kids need to get to school everyday. So sorry for your painful adventure, hope you are fully recovered ASAP.

XOXOXO Sandy