hayfever Jab

danniemcq

ok so i usually don't start feelin this till June or so but yesterday and today i've been f*cked sideways with stingy watery eyes and everything so it's really annoying the be-jesus outta me. Is this jab i've heard about worth getting? or should i stick to Clarityn and Choc ices again for another year?

also to people that got it is it just a case of poppin into the doctor or do i gotta notice so they can get it from wherever?

Rb

I've gotten the jab in May for the last few years and it's worked amazingly well every time. Well worth it imo.

Oh and my doctor gave me a perscription for it. It comes in a needle so once I got the perscription filled I'd to go back to the doctor to have it administered.

The first time I was getting it, I thought it'd be in my arm...how wrong I was!

Pighead

Yeah Mays the time to get it alright. Pighead got the jab for the first time last year and I have to say it was magnificent. I just turned up at the doctors and he gave me a prescription, ran over to the pharmacy, got my needle gave the doctor the needle and he inserted it up my bum.

Pighead asks that nobody try quoting the above to make it look like myself and the doctor were partaking in the monkey business.

Ozzy

Pighead wrote:

Pighead got the jab for the first time last year and I have to say it was magnificent...I just turned up... and he inserted it up my bum

Pighead.. more lioke Faghead aahawhawhawhaw

xzanti

Theres a jab you can get :eek: ?? Does anyone have any idea how much it costs?? I suffer dreadfully every spring and summer with hayfever

Rb

IIRC it's about €40 for the perscription and then whatever your GP charges on top of it.
Really worth it though, personally it works so well I don't even get the slightest sniffle throughtout the whole summer. Makes it a lot more enjoyable.

xzanti

rb_ie wrote:

IIRC it's about €40 for the perscription and then whatever your GP charges on top of it.
Really worth it though, personally it works so well I don't even get the slightest sniffle throughtout the whole summer. Makes it a lot more enjoyable.

Thats not bad... Sure Id spend that in a month on Clariton and eye drops... Theres nothing worse than going into work on a sunny day with puffy, weepy eyes its gross not to mention f*cking irritating :rolleyes:

Rb

xzanti wrote:

Thats not bad... Sure Id spend that in a month on Clariton and eye drops... Theres nothing worse than going into work on a sunny day with puffy, weepy eyes its gross not to mention f*cking irritating :rolleyes:

Yeah I remember those days, they were horrible. Clarityn never really worked for me either so discovering the jab was brilliant.

Apparently hayfever comes in 7 year spells i.e you get it for 7 years and then it goes, though I've suffered from it for as long as I can remember.

Still though, will be getting the jab in May just to be sure.

danniemcq

rb_ie wrote:

IIRC it's about €40 for the perscription and then whatever your GP charges on top of it.
Really worth it though, personally it works so well I don't even get the slightest sniffle throughtout the whole summer. Makes it a lot more enjoyable.

brilliant. one to try and sort tomorrow, don't want another day of this at work (although it would help if neighbours weren't cuttin their grass at half 9 in the morning.

rb_ie wrote:

Apparently hayfever comes in 7 year spells i.e you get it for 7 years and then it goes, though I've suffered from it for as long as I can remember.

well thats a heap of balls i've had it since i was 2 and now i'm hittin the big 21 this month!

shroomfox

I heard that it causes side effects like constipation, diarrhoea, insomnia, narcolepsy, loss of vision, supervision...?

OK, all of those aren't true, but are there any side effects? I get murdered with it every late July / August.

Rb

shroomfox wrote:

I heard that it causes side effects like constipation, diarrhoea, insomnia, narcolepsy, loss of vision, supervision...?

OK, all of those aren't true, but are there any side effects? I get murdered with it every late July / August.

I've never experienced any.

daveg

Thanks for the reminder Danniemcq. Must put a reminder in my calender for May.

rb_ie wrote:

Apparently hayfever comes in 7 year spells i.e you get it for 7 years and then it goes, though I've suffered from it for as long as I can remember.

I'm afriad that's bollax. I've suffered since I was at least 12.

Doctor is always advising me against the jab. It's a steroid so they don't like giving it.

Jello

I heard somewhere that you can only get it three times in your life. Is this true?

I'd really consider getting this as I've got exams in June and there's no waaaay I wanna go inot the exam hall with stingy eyes and sniffing.

snickerpuss

Yeah i did my leaving with hayfever and i dont recommend it.

Rb

Jello wrote:

I heard somewhere that you can only get it three times in your life. Is this true?

Well, I've had it done every May for at least three years and my GP hasn't said anything about it, so I'm guessing it's not true.

N_Raid

Jello wrote:

I heard somewhere that you can only get it three times in your life. Is this true?

I hope not. I got it last year and the year before and this better not be the last time i can get it. I got it in april/may and then i got a top up around the end of june/start of july. It worked for me as in my symptoms weren't as bad but i did still have to take piriton every day and use eyedrops every so often. Last year was pretty bad. Even with all that i ended uo one day not being able to see for about half an hour cos my eyes were so bad. Although i was in the middle of a field that had been mown a few days earlier so thats probably why.