Last week I was excited to be invited onto BBC 3 counties radio, Health Show with Nana Akua, to talk about the psychological impact of living with life threatening allergies. Nana is a brilliant interviewer and really put me at ease. I love it when a presenter has really done their research and actually prepared some insightful and quite challenging questions. I really … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2020
She’s not fat and that’s not eczema!
This is something I've been wanting to write about for a long time. Diversity is a huge subject at the moment and it affects so many areas of our lives. As a human nation we are all different sizes, different colours and come from wide ranging backgrounds. We all have different challenges in our lives and yet if you look at the media, at the visual representation of our nation, … [Read more...]
Healing bad hand eczema
I've always struggled with the skin on my hands and can't remember having soft skin, although I think I must have done at some point. Over the years I've come up with my own way of giving them a bit of TLC to help them heal. Healing hand eczema flares When my hands get bad I treat them to a kind of pampering session, an intensive treatment to try to give them a helping … [Read more...]
Win a copy of The reluctant allergy expert
In case you missed it, my first ever book has just been published. 'The Reluctant Allergy Expert: How to kill the fear that allergies could kill you' is out now and packed with information, advice and tips on how to thrive despite living with or caring for someone with life threatening allergies. [Ed: This book has been renamed and has a new cover...now called Anaphylaxis: … [Read more...]
Atopic dermatitis life hacks
I am so thrilled to have been involved with this brilliant initiative to raise awareness of atopic dermatitis, what it's like living with AD, and our life hacks for coping. This photo was actually taken in October 2018, nearly two years ago... It's a lovely memory of the day I met four lovely ladies who I have remained friends with to this day and I am so proud to call … [Read more...]