After an amazing night's sleep I had another session in the oxygen chamber. I've been really impressed with the dedication of the staff at the MS Centre who give their time voluntarily to keep the centre going and it's already made me think I'd like to help out if I can. This time I wasn't such a novice but was still a bit nervous. I don't know the ropes yet and everyone … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2011
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy – Diary day one
Imagine a space ship or a submarine with tiny round porthole windows and one of those wind open doors and you're getting close. The chamber can seat about four to six people comfortably on padded chairs Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been around for a long time, originally invented to treat divers with the bends, the chambers are now widely used across the UK at local MS … [Read more...]
5 tips for surviving house renovations with asthma and allergies
Having internal building work done to your house is a very stressful business. Dust can and will get EVERYWHERE! And I'm talking thick, red, sticky, grimy dust. We decided to take the plunge and reorganise our house from 'slightly dark and dingey with bad use of space' to 'open-plan, light and much more easy to use' space. Sounds like a no-brainer, but when you have allergies … [Read more...]
Are microwave ovens safe?
Most kitchens will have a microwave oven and until it goes wrong you don't realise how much you come to depend on it for heating drinks, meals, cooking vegetables, jacket potatoes, defrosting etc. How much do you use yours? How much do you know about what it does to your living environment and the food you eat? Is my microwave oven killing me? Just google, 'my microwave … [Read more...]
Lots of changes at What Allergy?
You may or may not have noticed that there has been a distrinct lack of activity on here for the last two weeks. Chez What Allergy? is undergoing some serious renovation and dust abounds, hence me moving out and also a week long, very stressfull and tiring but rather fantastic features writing course! I might be able to sell some of the amazingly interesting stuff I write … [Read more...]