Firstly I am so grateful for the opportunity to go onto BBC Oxford last week. It was an honour and privilege to be able to talk about my favourite subject, allergies, anaphylaxis and helping to spread awareness. So thank you to everyone on the show. Especially Lottie Garton who also has allergies and knows what it's like to navigate the staff kitchen. She has had an … [Read more...]
Living in a house full of nuts
And I don't mean the people are crazy... haha, I mean nuts, particularly peanuts make an appearance on a regular basis where I'm living at the moment. I did grow up in a house with peanuts; my father used to make his own peanut butter, my siblings both used to eat nuts and even the eczema bath oil I was prescribed contained nuts - not surprising that I had such appalling … [Read more...]
What’s in the allergic girl’s handbag?
What do you never leave home without? I am one of those people with a Mary Poppin's type bag, inside which I carry around everything but the kitchen sink. Sometimes I wish I could leave the house with nothing, but there are so many things I have to take that I end up covering every eventuality. Let's start with the bag itself. It is ginormous. There are the obvious … [Read more...]