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		<title>Common Variable Immunodeficiency Advice: I am scared. - DailyStrength</title>
		<description>Scared to have the infusions. Scared not to have them.  I have started allergy shots, am bombarding my body with nutritional supplements, an...</description>
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			<title>Comment by kelli1b</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Treatments sound VERY scary.  Not treating can be just as scary.  The best we can do here is share our personal experiences.   
  
 First, welcome to the group.  Whic part of the treatments is worrying you the most? The fact its a blood product or the reactions?  This is an absolutely AH-MAZING treatm...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:38:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by lisa529</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thank you so much for your reply.  I cannot believe that I stumbled upon this site in a moment of anxiety, nor can I believe what you have been through.  I am so happy to hear that you happily "soldier on."  I was diagnosed in September of 2011.  Right now I have no other complicating health issues....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:09:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by kelli1b</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Mfgs recommend starting on <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Ivig">IVIG</a>.  There are tricks of the trade that most docs do not know, so you can get prepared and be proactive with the <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Ivig">IVIG</a>.  MANY people have <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Ivig">IVIG</a> with no effects, but again I always recommend being pro-active.  The IGG....10's of thousands of people use it every day.  It is ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:18:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by vortek</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[> Scared to have the infusions. Scared not to have them.  
  
 I was in your position a month ago, and I <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hope">hope</a> that I can allay your fears.  I had my first infusion about 26 days ago, and my next infusion is scheduled for this coming Wednesday. 
  
 I held off on IgG treatment for a while.  I had been "s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:37:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by lisa529</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Again, very comforting advice.  Thank you so much.  My doctor seems to know what she is doing.  She diagnosed me so quickly. And the website you suggested is the one she also recommended. My last appointment was in May, and I was asking questions but I didn't feel as if she was as receptive as my pr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:38:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by lisa529</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanks Vortek!!  I guess we were posting at the same time. Wow!  So analytical.  You really put things into perspective. It's kind of funny how it seems you are inside my head.  :-)  I think I will print all of these responses off and show my husband.  In all fairness to him, he has done huge amount...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:18:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by lisa529</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Correction -  The website is <a href="http://primaryimmune.org/." title="http://primaryimmune.org/." target="_blank">http://primaryimmune.org/.</a>  Oops.  :-)]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:21:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by carlsonamy</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi Lisa, Welcome to the board. I was also overwhelmed and in denial and scared to death and many other things before I found this board. I completely agree with Kelli and Vortec, who helped me a ton:) and even went to my hospital library and asked a librarian  for any information she could come up w...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:07:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by lisa529</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Amy - Thanks so much for the comraderie!!  I am feeling much stronger since connecting with all of you last week.  I have not yet re-scheduled a visit with my doctor.  I last saw her in May.  I go to the clinic every week for <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Allergy_Shots" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Allergy_Shots')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Allergy Shots">allergy shots</a> and seem to be responding as she had hoped with really no si...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:08:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by blueschiz</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm at this same point now and decided to go forward with <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Ivig">ivig</a> when I realized all my immunizations are null and void. The risk of getting tetanus would be high for me and I'd have to give up everything I love to do. There are also quite a few no-vax kids in our small community so I could be exposed...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:54:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by blueschiz</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm at this same point now and decided to go forward with <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Ivig">ivig</a> when I realized all my immunizations are null and void. The risk of getting tetanus would be high for me and I'd have to give up everything I love to do. There are also quite a few no-vax kids in our small community so I could be exposed...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:56:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by blueschiz</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm at this same point now and decided to go forward with <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Ivig">ivig</a> when I realized all my immunizations are null and void. The risk of getting tetanus would be high for me and I'd have to give up everything I love to do. There are also quite a few no-vax kids in our small community so I could be exposed...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:57:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by blueschiz</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm at this same point now and decided to go forward with <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Ivig">ivig</a> when I realized all my immunizations are null and void. The risk of getting tetanus would be high for me and I'd have to give up everything I love to do. There are also quite a few no-vax kids in our small community so I could be exposed...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:58:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by blueschiz</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm at this same point now and decided to go forward with <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Ivig">ivig</a> when I realized all my immunizations are null and void. The risk of getting tetanus would be high for me and I'd have to give up everything I love to do. There are also quite a few no-vax kids in our small community so I could be exposed...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:59:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by blueschiz</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm at this same point now and decided to go forward with <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Ivig">ivig</a> when I realized all my immunizations are null and void. The risk of getting tetanus would be high for me and I'd have to give up everything I love to do. There are also quite a few no-vax kids in our small community so I could be exposed...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:59:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by blueschiz</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm at this same point now and decided to go forward with <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Ivig">ivig</a> when I realized all my immunizations are null and void. The risk of getting tetanus would be high for me and I'd have to give up everything I love to do. There are also quite a few no-vax kids in our small community so I could be exposed...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:00:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by blueschiz</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm at this same point now and decided to go forward with <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Ivig">ivig</a> when I realized all my immunizations are null and void. The risk of getting tetanus would be high for me and I'd have to give up everything I love to do. There are also quite a few no-vax kids in our small community so I could be exposed...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:01:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by blueschiz</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm at this same point now and decided to go forward with <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Ivig">ivig</a> when I realized all my immunizations are null and void. The risk of getting tetanus would be high for me and I'd have to give up everything I love to do. There are also quite a few no-vax kids in our small community so I could be exposed...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:03:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by vortek</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[> I'm still terrified!  
  
 Sorry to hear that... 
  
 So, if I understand you right, it sounds like you don't want to take <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/IVIG')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Ivig">IVIG</a> because you're afraid that it will worsen your body's ability to "take" a vaccine?  Let me try to alleviate these concerns. 
  
  
 (1) This is definitely the clinical advice gi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:03:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by lisa529</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Common_Variable_Immunodeficiency/advice/14486441-i-am-scared/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Way to go Vortek.  Advice of the century!!  I pale in comparison.  I learn something with every post.  Blueschiz --- listen to these guys.  What inspires me the most about them is that they ARE their own advocates.  They <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Research" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Research')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Research">research</a> and question their doctors and seek out specialists if needed.  And th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:59:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by vortek</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hehe, thanks. 
  
 I have one more way of casting the "debate" (if there was any).  I'll warn you in advance that I'm wearing my engineer's hat right now, and not the Dr. Phil hat that I imagined I was wearing earlier.  This is going to sound quite blunt. 
  
  
 As a recap: My assumption is that Bluesch...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:34:33 +0100</pubDate>
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