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Tag Archives: Egg allergy
Support group dates…
I’VE BEEN very remiss in blogging about these but the food allergy parents’ support group is trundling on happily, with different get-togethers happening in different parts of London. The next two are in Ealing and at St Mary’s Hospital in … Continue reading
Posted in Comment & Campaigns, News
Tagged allergist, Allergy, children, doctor, Egg allergy, food allergy, hospital, kids, London, nut allergy, parents, Peanut allergy, St Mary's, Support group, Wheat allergy
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A dirty weekend
THIS weekend, for the first time in nearly two years, my husband and I had a whole night away from Sid. I’d booked a surprise hotel stay for his birthday, so we deposited the prodigal grandson for a sleepover at … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous silly stuff, Our story
Tagged child, Egg allergy, food allergy, hotel, nut allergy
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Embarrassing moments #1
TODAY I cried in the fish aisle at Sainsbury’s. Yes, I’m vegetarian, but it wasn’t out of pity for the poor dead mackerel. And I know it’s ludicrous. But this is what did it:
A doctor calls…
Well, no, not him – but am v happy to reveal that Dr Tammy Rothenberg, a consultant paediatrician with a specialist interest in allergies will be the resident expert at the food allergy parent support group in Stoke Newington on … Continue reading
Parents need support, too… so here it is
When your child is diagnosed with a string of severe food allergies, it comes as a proper thwack in the guts. I remember leaving our first paediatric allergy appointment, where skin prick tests showed Sidney was allergic to a catalogue … Continue reading
Bread!
A momentous day: Sidney’s first ever taste of bread. Granted, it’s fake bread (Dietary Specials’ gluten free brown loaf) and if I’m honest it’s not a little like cardboard. But if it looks like bread, acts like bread and, as far … Continue reading
So far soy good
Well, we’re on Day Six of our soya home challenge. It’s like the Daz doorstep challenge but without Danny Baker. And more messy. Think it tastes worse, too. Basically, we weren’t sure whether or not Sid was allergic to soya. … Continue reading
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Tagged Allergy, Banana allergy, Egg allergy, food allergy, Immune system, RAST test, Skin allergy test, soya allergy, Wheat allergy
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“So what the hell can he eat?”
As a newbie, relatively speaking, to the allergy kid scene, I’m always grilling the veterans out there on what pre-packaged foods their children can eat. While every supermarket these days has a Free From section, it ain’t (as I’ve come … Continue reading
Finally – have your say (though it may change jack shit)
Almost a year ago now I wrote a post about looming changes to the laws on food allergy labelling. New EU regulations set to come into effect in December 2014 state that allergen information should be extended to non-prepacked foods – … Continue reading →