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...]
Why do I eat skin flakes and scabs?
This is something I've never spoken about before. I've never even really faced up to it. Because it's disgusting and I don't know why I do it.Please don't judge me. I've been so nervous about sharing this and am perhaps risking losing loads of readers and followers on my social channels. It's not something I think about doing, I don't have conscious thoughts about eating … [Read more...]
Scratch Covid – don’t make rash decisions!
Apologies to anyone coming here for some serious journalism and well research blogging. I received this on one of my many Whatsapp groups and in my sleepy morning state I glanced at it and thought, 'Oh this might be a cool article to craft a blog around...' And apologies I don't know the source, (if you do know the source please let me know) but when I read it properly I … [Read more...]
How to love your skin…
It often seems impossible to even 'like' your skin when you have eczema, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, rosacea or any other skin condition. And let's not even get stared on what Topical Steroid Withdrawal can do to your skin. However, learning to love my skin and to love yourself despite what it looks and feels like has been a game changer. Yes it can be very difficult … [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...]