Why the People of India walked out

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69. Scary, yes, due to the negligence

of an allergist I went to for tests after a serious asthma attack. The doc was very skeptical about the number of things I suspected and the various reactions I reported. At one point he actually rolled his eyes and said, "Really?" He thought I was a hyochondriac.

He ran his office like a mill. Several small cubicles where patients sat alone after being injected with suspected substances. A nurse Injected me with 30 in one arm and 30 in the other and left me alone in the cubicle while she injected other people.

Fortunately for me, his lab tech knew me from a group we both belonged to. She poked her head in to say hello but instead yelled, "Oh my god. Doctor!!"

I did not know what was happening. I was light-headed and spaced out, felt like l would faint. My ears and arms hurt. Both arms were swollen from shoulder to wrist like balloons. Reddish purple streak down the right arm. The doc actually whistled when saw me. Ordered 3 shots of epinephrine and took my pulse, asked if I could breathe ok.

Lab tech later told me my ears were deep purple and huge. .My face looked like a party balloon. Had to stay in the doc's office the rest of the afternoon for observation.

I had reacted positively to all but 3 of the test substances. Left with 3 pages of allergens and cross reaction allergens to beware of. And that did not include allergic foods and meds.

Did not know about anaphylaxis until that day. Read up on it afterward. Found a different allergist who was excellent. But it took the new doc over a year of promising to monitor me closely before I consented to any other tests.