OMG my blog is nearly a teenager! How did that happen? The same age as two of my beautiful nieces! I hadn't realised she was born on the same year as them but oh how time flies. Yes What Allergy is a girl! Of course she is! It's been a wonderful journey. From the day I first began this blog, I've learnt so much and met so many amazing people along the way. So I thought I'd … [Read more...]
Covid-19 vaccine, anxiety and my skin
It's happened! I've had the vaccine! And I just wanted to write a little bit about how much anxiety I felt, how that is completely understandable and you should not beat yourself up about feeling scared, and finally, how for me, my story was easy, simple and I had no complications. Here's my advice. Speak to your GP I phoned my doctor when I got my invitation for the … [Read more...]
We need to talk about allergies, eczema and TSW
We need to talk about allergies, anaphylaxis, eczema and topical steroid withdrawal (TSW) more often. They are conditions that people are ashamed to share and talk about and this can cause a lot of shame, anxiety and stress. This is why it's so important to accept these things and understand how we can learn to live with allergies, eczema and anaphylaxis, all life limiting … [Read more...]
You are not anaphylactic!
You might be reading this thinking, yes I am! What does she mean? Well you're not. At least not most of the time anyway. It's a lesson I learnt from Frans Timmermans, President and CEO of the European Anaphylaxis Task Force, who I met many years ago in Copenhagen at the The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI ) annual conference. He told me … [Read more...]
Absolutely Fabulous with allergies
This weekend I was in The Sun on Sunday, Fabulous magazine with a full page spread and some fantastic coverage for allergies, anaphylaxis and eating out with allergies. You can read the article here: 'My Dinner out almost killed me and left me too scared to leave the house!' It's a very serious subject and easy to let the focus slip when we are living through a Pandemic … [Read more...]