Do you carry an EpiPen in your bag with you at all times? Do you make sure you always have two EpiPens in case you suffer a secondary attack? Do you check the expiry dates on them to make sure they are within date? Do you know how to recognise the symptoms of an anaphylactic attack? Do you know how to administer your EpiPen? and do you tell your friends and family how to do … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2009
Jack Dee on Jonathan Ross on allergies
Luck or just a happy coincidence? Watching Jonathan Ross on Friday night interviewing Jack Dee, the conversation turned to allergies; just days after my blog post on allergy jokes, and the lack of good ones out there for us to enjoy. I certainly sat up and listened. I love Jack Dee and his incredibly dry sense of humour; I always find shockingly inappropriate and politically … [Read more...]
Will Brett be cured of his milk allergy?
Desensitisation treatment has begun to appear here in the UK but it is still something only available to a handful of lucky people. In one of my previous blogs (to read it click here) we heard how kids have been cured of their peanut allergies at Addenbrooks hospital in Cambridge. Brett Nasuti, an eleven year old boy from America, has undergone six months of treatment for … [Read more...]
Gluten free Cake-in-a-mug!
For those of you who can't have any dairy or gluten, you'll love this quick and easy, oh so simple recipe for cake in 3 minutes! After a few pleas for a GF version I found a delicious sounding alternative recipe on Gluten Free Living website which uses rice and tapioca flour. Ingredients for gluten free, dairy free cake in a Mug The ingredients are a bit different as … [Read more...]
Allergies aren’t funny but here are 20 allergy jokes
A laugh a minute – having allergies is no joke Having allergies is not funny, but a bit of dark humour every now and then never goes amiss. Not many of these jokes are really that funny; there seems to be a serious lack of good allergy jokes. I know it is definitely not a laughing matter; people die every year from allergies so it is serious but a bit of humour goes a … [Read more...]