Allergies, Anaphylaxis, Eczema, Topical Steroid Withdrawal & Asthma

Top 10 Health Blogs 2022 Top 10 Health Blogs 2021 Free From Hero 2021 Top 10 Health Blogs 2020 Best Blogs Award 2020 20th in the Top 60 UK Health Blogs Best Free From Blog 2014
  • Home
  • About
    • In the news!
    • Advocate
    • Testimonials
  • Books
    • Anaphylaxis – The Essential Guide.
    • The Shape of Skin
  • TSW
  • Advertise
  • Discounts
  • Links
  • Contact
  • Subscribe

Happy Christmas – What allergy needs you!

27/11/2012 by Ruth Holroyd Leave a Comment

Happy Christmas! Yes I know it’s rather early for all that but I thought I’d share a little Christmas cheer and I also need your help!

A big thank you!

What Allergy visitors stats Oct 2012

The first thing to say is thank you, to all of you. My unique visitor stats are sky rocketing and the blog now gets nearly 40k hits a month! Since the end of October it’s continued to rise.

This is really good, and if it continues to grow at this rate it won’t be long before I can reach the magic 100,000 visits per month that commands a healthy advertising revenue.
I already get daily emails asking me to ‘put this on your blog’. Endless pleas for help and suggestions of what I should write about. But how do you turn a blog that was a hobby into a money making machine? That’s the next big challenge. Please pass on the word about whatallergy.com – and if you haven’t visited for a while, please pop by and leave a comment if you feel so inclined.

Are you buying anything on Amazon for Christmas? If so you could really help me out…

The second thing is to ask a little favour. I know, it’s still November, but I wanted to get in early with the Christmas pressie band wagon.

If you are looking for present ideas I have loads of discounts for you.

If you’re buying for anyone with allergies, I have a new page with loads of ideas at https://whatallergy.com/affiliates

Cooking Christmas allergen free

I have my brother staying for Christmas with his wife and three kids, as well as mum, aunty and adopted uncle so with me and Mr WhatAllergy that makes TEN people. You might think the little ones don’t eat much but they do!

It’s going to be a mad house, and my lovely brother has taken on the challenge of helping me cook an allergy friendly Christmas. Unlike me, he is adventurous in the kitchen and he’s a very good cook. He’s prepared and shared with me his recipes for doing his own stock, turkey with a twist, even bread sauce, which might be an allergy experiment too far. I’m sure I spotted one for a Yule log too and stollen cake. I can see the need for plenty of new year exercise.

When it’s me in the kitchen, I tend to go for the same things, that I know are quick, easy and we like them, because time is always of the essence. And at times like Christmas, I tend to miss out a little. I’m quite happy with a bowl of fruit, honest. And I really don’t mind not having the Christmas pudding. This year however, with my lactose intolerant niece in the house and me – allergic to everything – we’re up for the challenge.

If you follow my blog watch out for some Christmas Cooking posts from me and my bro.
Hopefully I will make a very good sous-chef and everyone else will help wash up all the mess we make in the kitchen.

Keep checking back on the blog for allergen friendly Christmas ideas and some recipes in the build up to Christmas.

Wishing you an allergy free, happy and healthy Christmas, and remember, if you’re looking for discounts off eczema, allergy and asthma products visit my Discounts page for promo codes: http://whatallergy.com/affiliates

You won’t regret it, and every little you spend helps me keep this blog going, because it costs money to host, maintain and protect it from nasty bots!

Related posts:

Surviving Christmas with Topical Steroid Withdrawal roasted chestnutsStay safe this Christmas pine allergyPine Christmas tree allergy

Filed Under: Allergies Tagged With: allergen free christmas present ideas, allergy free christmas cooking, amazon christmas presents, buy allergy free stuff, buy allergy free stuff via What allergy, Christmas presents for someone with allergies, cooking christmas allergen free, what do you buy someone with allergies for Christmas? Stocking filler ideas

About Ruth Holroyd

Author of 'Anaphylaxis: The Essential Guide: An Action Plan For Living With Life-Threatening Allergies' and 'The Shape of Skin, both available as paperback or Kindle on Amazon. Ruth is a Writer, Blogger and Patient Expert in allergies, asthma, anaphylaxis, eczema and topical steroid withdrawal.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Welcome to my blog!

https://whatallergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_2853.mp4

Hello, I’m Ruth, author and blogger

Ruth

 

Hi I'm Ruth. I've grown up with eczema and multiple life-threatening allergies and collected more as I've got older.  It started with a peanut allergy and now I'm allergic to milk, wheat, soya and many more. In this blog I share tips, advice and things I've learnt living with allergies, asthma and eczema with a focus on topical steroid withdrawal. You can buy my books, which are brilliant by the way! The first is Anaphylaxis: The essential guide and the second, The Shape of Skin, healing poems for eczema and sensitive skin. The reviews speak for themselves. If you want to chat you can find me on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn (links below). Do get in touch. And please comment on blogs, it makes a humble blogger do a little happy dance!

Subscribe today for Free Resources

Share and Connect

  • E-mail
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Categories

Allergies Anaphylaxis Asthma Awards Coeliac Cold Sores Cooking Digestion Eating Out Eczema FreeFrom Awards Hay Fever Indoor Allergies Industry News Mental Health Natural remedies Nutrition Poetry Product Review Rant Recipes Restaurant Review Skin care Topical Steroid Withdrawal Travelling Vegan

The Shape of Skin – poetry for eczema

The Shape of Skin poetry for eczemaThe Shape of Skin

Strange, striking and sensitive poems for people with eczema, psoriasis, topical steroid withdrawal and troubled skin.

Readers comments include: "Powerful, relatable, Absolutely bloody fantastic (pun intended)..."

Buy it now on Amazon

Buy ‘The Anaphylaxis Guide’ Now

Anaphylaxis - the essential guideAnaphylaxis - The Essential Guide. An action plan for living with life threatening allergies.

"This book is such a great wealth of information and a delight to read! A must read for anyone with allergies or connected to an allergy sufferer. Congratulations!" Tanya Ednan-Laperouse, Natasha Foundation

Find out more

get help - in distress?

Pollen Free Flowers and Plants

Read my blog, "Allergen and pollen free, artificial plants for your home"Faux la fleur artificial pollen free plants

Please Review my book on Goodreads

Ruth Holroyd's books on Goodreads
The Reluctant Allergy Expert: How to kill the fear that anaphylaxis could kill you The Reluctant Allergy Expert: How to kill the fear that anaphylaxis could kill you
reviews: 3
ratings: 3 (avg rating 5.00)

Get Free Resources

Get Free Resources

  • Food, Mood and Symptoms Diary
  • Topical Steroid Withdrawal handout for doctors
  • Anaphylaxis Action Plan
  • 50 x Food Real Challenge
  • Eat the Rainbow Food Challenge
  • More coming soon!

Click here to Subscribe and you'll receive a link to download!

Follow What Allergy on TikTok

For even more hilarious content, check out my new TikTok account

tiktok logo

Chocolate, cake mixes & more – Top14 Free

Read my product review for Gnawbles, like Maltesers and Ferrero Rocher rolled into one.

Gnawbles freefrom top 14 allergens

Use Coupon Code WHATALLERGY10 FOR 10% OFF everything you buy!

Natural skincare for Eczema / TSW

Balmonds Natural SkincareBalmonds Natural Skincare - Use code: WHATALLERGY for 20% off

Testimonials

Find out why people love this blog!

“I think your blog is fab – I send it to everyone who has skin problems and allergies.” 
Sarah

Read more testimonials here.

Archives – Find old blog posts

Mental Health

Set intentions not resolutions for 2024

Why do we think eczema is ugly?

OMG! Me in a film on eczema and mental health

Eating Out

My coffee shop allergy – reacting to milk vapour?

Coeliacs and Vegans have it easy

Milk and wheat allergen free fish and chips

Asthma

Do you need Health Insurance for Allergies & Asthma?

Did Covid cause asthma and eczema flare?

What if you couldn’t have your Ventolin inhaler?

Copyright © 2025 · Terms Of Use · Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2025 · [footer_Privacy_Policy #"privacy policy"] Magazine Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in