Well isn't it ironicDon't ya thinkA little too ironicYeah I really do think... It's like lurpak butter, on your gluten free breadCakes with nuts, next to ones that are nut freeIt's the dairy freeeeeeee, macaroni cheeseNext to the normal stuff, I mean, really? Please? It's the gluten free sauce with wheat pitta to dipPlates of biscuits and cake with no allergen … [Read more...]
Allergies and intolerances – are you discriminated against?
There has been a great deal in the allergy press about bullying recently, far more so in the US than here in the UK. Elizabeth Goldenburg at OneSpot Allergy has written a couple of blog posts about this including: Peanut Allergic Kindergarten Student Left At Curb By School Bus Driver Finds Justice Food Allergy Bullying: What Schools Need To Do Kids can be cruel, but this … [Read more...]
Allergic to perfume, fragrances and chemicals
If you have a chemical sensitivity or are allergic to perfumes it can be very hard to cope in the world. There are smells and fragrances blasted at us from colleagues in the workplace, air fresheners in bathrooms and houses, shops and gyms pumping out scents. It's endless. The rise in perfumes and scents We've all experienced a whiff of such a heady scent that it stays … [Read more...]
The day I used my EpiPen for the first time!
On a cold icy snowy afternoon in the winter of 2010 I used my EpiPen for the first time ever, whilst in the grip of a terrifying anaphylactic attack. Little did I know when I took this beautiful photograph that in a few hours I would be in A&E. I had been out for lunch with a friend and had what I felt to be a safe meal; smoked Salmon and scrambled eggs with brown … [Read more...]
Use your EpiPen!
Who would have thought that an apparently sensible, intelligent young woman, would suffer two severe anaphylactic attacks over two years, both with my epi-pen in my bag, and still not take action and administer the medicine that could have reversed the reaction and hastened recovery… and potentially saved my life! I have been lucky. I have also been stupid and careless and … [Read more...]