I read recently the tragic news of the death of an 11 year old boy who ate a chocolate bar from Morrison that contained dairy. He tragically had an anaphylactic attack and died. Read more here in Boy dies after eating chocolate containing dairy. His father had bought the chocolate from the Free From range at Morrison's and thought it was dairy free. It was in fact from … [Read more...]
999 allergy call – get a taxi!
Now this kind of shocked me and when I finally got to hospital it shocked the A&E staff too who told me I should definitely not have been sitting phoning around for someone or a taxi to take me to A&E. This was totally my fault and I'll get to what caused it in a bit, but I accidentally ate a bite of something containing milk and had a very mild reaction to it. … [Read more...]
Mental health awareness, anaphylaxis and eczema…
This month is mental health awareness month and it was also Anaphylaxis Awareness Week (6th to the 12th of May) as the Anaphylaxis Campaign celebrates 25 years this year since it was founded. It's also Asthma and Allergy Awareness in America I have loads to share on the psychological effect of living with a life threatening allergy and the fear of anaphylaxis so I wanted … [Read more...]
The anaphylaxis in the room
It's a bit like the elephant in the room. Sometimes I don't like to mention it. It consumes my life in so many ways that I often want to just keep this shame to myself. That sounds dramatic, I am not ashamed of who I am, but sometimes, especially in company, when I'm feeling anxious I don't want to share this thing about me... which is stupid and unhelpful. After a recent … [Read more...]
The emotional toll of living with a life threatening allergy
I thought I'd write about this because I'm taking my anger out on others. I am very angry at the moment. And for that I apologise. If you have been on the receiving end, I am sorry. I don't want to feel like this. I have already apologised in person but I'm doing again. For the world to see. Sorry to the Plusnet person... but seriously you better fix my wifi or I will be … [Read more...]