Here are some articles I’ve written or that have been written about me, covering things from allergies, eczema, topical steroid withdrawal and anaphylaxis.
- Snogging me comes with a warning! Chat magazine, 16 Sept 2021.
- Cold Turkey – TSW real life story in Pick me Up Magazine (June 2021)
- Living with Anaphylaxis – Vale Life magazine (Feb/Jan 2021)
- My Dinner out almost killed me and left me too scared to go out – The Sun Dec 2020
- Pak Choi, nut lovers and tinned grub – the pitfalls of dating with allergies – TalkHealth partnership – (Oct 2020)
- Allergy Sufferers? No! Allergy reactors! – Michelle’s Blog (Sept 2020)
- The Reluctant Allergy Expert NEW BOOK – Michelle’s Blog (Aug 2020)
- talkhealth meets Ruth Holroyd, blogger and founder of Whatallergy.com – talkhealth partnership (Jun 2020)
- Be allergen aware when planning for lockdown! – Caterer – (May 2020)
- Woman says her eczema has made her look twenty years older – Daily Mail (April 2020)
- Get your team ready for reopening with the Caterers Allergen Webinar – Caterer (April 2020)
- Artichoke pub in Croxley Green fined after woman suffers anaphylactic shock – Watford Observer – (Dec 2019)
- Ruth’s letter to her skin – Michelle’s Blog (Dec 2019
- Pub apologises to woman who had severe anaphylactic attack – Watford Observer – (Dec 2019) (I would like to just point out they didn’t really apologise to me, apart from in the headline of this article!)
- What can restaurants do to help customers with allergies? – BBC – (Sept 2019)
- Medicalert – Member Story
- Unacceptable attitudes to allergies – Michelle’s Blog (Dec 2014)
- The woman allergic to exercise who could die if she runs up the stairs – Express.co.uk (July 2010) Not true, headline misleading. Important point is not to move if you are having anaphylaxis. Stay seated or lying down. It can bring on a worse reaction.
- I can’t go to the gym, I’m allergic to exercise. Why one woman is forced to be a couch potato – another hilarious story title, and if you know me you’ll know who stupid that is. It was supposed to be about exercise induced anaphylaxis. (Daily Mail, 2010)