I'm in the top 10 Vuelio Health Blogs in the UK again! This must be about the fifth year running and I'm really pleased to be amongst such good quality blogs again. Blogging is hard work. Often a thankless task. And you can feel like you're screaming into a huge, dark abyss as getting comments on a blog is like finding hen's teeth! So without further ado, well done and … [Read more...]
We must learn from these mistakes
A 14 year old boy recently died from anaphylaxis after eating popcorn at his local Odeon. This just breaks my heart, because it's avoidable. Why am I still reading about deaths from anaphylaxis where people are not carrying their adrenaline, and don't follow the recommended advice? I'm not trying to pass blame on the family. My heart goes out to them. They thought they were … [Read more...]
BBC 3 Counties radio interview with Nana and Rick
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...]
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...]