my first allergic reaction.
so I was getting platelets 'cause mine were a bit low, as y'do, and I've had them loads before so I wasn't worried 'cause I've never reacted to anything, ever.
and during the transfusion my palms and the soles of my feet started getting itchy, and then I had to go to the toilet. whilst in there, I started getting really itchy, especially my legs and feet. then I noticed these little white circles, about the size of a pea, appearing on my hands and arms, and then they started spreading, so I had patches of skin that were white and swollen, and it was all I could do to get back to my room, where my mom was, and I burst into tears and went "something's happening to me!" and I just sat on my bed and cried 'cause it felt like they were burning, and the patches of skin were getting bigger. my mom went and got eleri, who is a good nurse, and she went and paged a doctor, and jackie, the sister came and sat with me, while I just cried 'cause I was so afraid. my knees and feet and ears and hands were especially bad, and then I couldn't breathe through my nose, and a swelling started coming up on my lip which worried them 'cause they thought I might be going into anaphylactic shock. then the doctor came and listened to my chest to make sure I was breathing properly, and eleri and jackie brought some piriton which they put through my line. I then went back to the loo, and I was sitting in there, and my stomach was really hurting. people kept asking me through the door if I was okay, and for a while I was saying yes, but then my eyes went all crazy and I couldn't see and I just felt like I was going to die. I couldn't answer the people outside the door anymore and they had to break in, which took ages because the door is apparently impossible to unlock from the outside. I was sitting bent double, throwing up into a bedpan and it was awful, and then jackie and eleri came in and gave me another antihistamine through my line, and I was shaking like crazy, especially my arms and legs, which was really scary. after a while I calmed down, and eleri left while I cleared myself up. then eleri and dawn came back in, and I was just sat on the toilet lid 'cause I couldn't get up. they held me up under each arm and basically had to drag me back to my room and help me back into bed.
so yeah basically it was terrifying and it took ages for the hives to go down, but today I'm okay.
and during the transfusion my palms and the soles of my feet started getting itchy, and then I had to go to the toilet. whilst in there, I started getting really itchy, especially my legs and feet. then I noticed these little white circles, about the size of a pea, appearing on my hands and arms, and then they started spreading, so I had patches of skin that were white and swollen, and it was all I could do to get back to my room, where my mom was, and I burst into tears and went "something's happening to me!" and I just sat on my bed and cried 'cause it felt like they were burning, and the patches of skin were getting bigger. my mom went and got eleri, who is a good nurse, and she went and paged a doctor, and jackie, the sister came and sat with me, while I just cried 'cause I was so afraid. my knees and feet and ears and hands were especially bad, and then I couldn't breathe through my nose, and a swelling started coming up on my lip which worried them 'cause they thought I might be going into anaphylactic shock. then the doctor came and listened to my chest to make sure I was breathing properly, and eleri and jackie brought some piriton which they put through my line. I then went back to the loo, and I was sitting in there, and my stomach was really hurting. people kept asking me through the door if I was okay, and for a while I was saying yes, but then my eyes went all crazy and I couldn't see and I just felt like I was going to die. I couldn't answer the people outside the door anymore and they had to break in, which took ages because the door is apparently impossible to unlock from the outside. I was sitting bent double, throwing up into a bedpan and it was awful, and then jackie and eleri came in and gave me another antihistamine through my line, and I was shaking like crazy, especially my arms and legs, which was really scary. after a while I calmed down, and eleri left while I cleared myself up. then eleri and dawn came back in, and I was just sat on the toilet lid 'cause I couldn't get up. they held me up under each arm and basically had to drag me back to my room and help me back into bed.
so yeah basically it was terrifying and it took ages for the hives to go down, but today I'm okay.