Recently I have been testing propolis cold sore ointment from Herstat on a cold sore that crept up on me in the night. I have been using their LipCare Stick as a preventative measure but you know when you feel that tingling just when you're dozing off to sleep? You know you should get up, find the ointment and apply a good dose immediately but you're so nice and cozy in … [Read more...]
Blog hop – my writing process by Ruth Holroyd
A friend from my local writers' group, Susie Kearley, who writes about health, food and gardens, amongst other things, suggested I might like to participate in a 'blog hop', entitled 'My Writing Process'. I've never done a blog hop before so it intrigued me. This one is not technically allergy related but most of what I write falls into that area so apologies for anyone who was … [Read more...]
An ode to the FreeFrom Food Awards 2014
Here is a poem that I wrote about the amazing, the incredible, the life changing, the most excellent, FreeFrom Food Awards 2014.I stopped after the winner and four runners up. It would have been about a hundred verses long... I plan to write about my favourite bits but I have rather run out of steam because this poem on top of all that just about finished me off... You … [Read more...]
Testing Protopic ointment for eczema – does it work?
PLEASE NOTE - SINCE WRITING THIS BLOG I HAVE CUT OUT PROTOPIC AND ALL TOPICAL STEROIDS AND WISH I HAD NEVER EVER USED THEM. I WENT DRUG FREE IN JAN 2019 AND AM STILL HEALNG. I QUIT PROTOPIC IN APRIL 2019. TO FIND OUT WHY PLEASE READ, "How I got hooked on drugs" here, and also Protopic Withdrawal, I have been blogging since Feb 2019 about this journey so visit the TSW tab in … [Read more...]
How to Manage Your Children’s Food Allergies
Mother of two, Stephanie Gatewood, 43, from Virginia, US, knows only too well how stressful food allergies can be. Both of her children suffer with severe peanut allergies. She has a blog called Peanut Free Parenting and has written a book called When Peanuts are Poison. Speaking about how her children’s severe peanut allergies affected family life, Stephanie says that the … [Read more...]