Goodbye Xolair!
So its happened, the time has come to say goodbye to xolair! The MDT all agreed that it clearly isn't giving me any benefit anymore in terms of preventing my flares, so we have decided to stop it. Unfortunately I'm already on all the maximum therapy and don't meet the criteria for any other biological treatments so my team have decided to refer me to Birmingham to hopefully undergo bronchial thermoplasty. Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a fairly new procedure ( https://www.asthma.org.uk/advice/severe-asthma/treating-severe-asthma/bronchial-thermoplasty/ ) that involves passing a tube down into the lungs and heating it to essentially burn away some of the thickened muscle. I'm not going to lie, it doesn't sound like a particularly pleasant experience and there are definitely risks associated with it, but surely it has to be better than spending a week of every month in hospital on oxygen and IV medication?! My centre is restarting their BT service but apparently b...