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Tag Archives: Peanut allergy
It’s all of them
RECENTLY I posted about how the ludicrous blanket “nut, sesame, blah” trace warnings on just about everything in Sainsbury’s had driven me to tears. Well, in the interests of fairness I’ve just come across the exact same thing in Waitrose. … Continue reading
Posted in Comment & Campaigns
Tagged Allergy, cross-contamination, food allergy, nut allergy, Peanut allergy, Sainsbury, sesame, shopping, supermarkets, Waitrose
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Fight for your right to party!
SO, HERE we are surrounded by the debris of a summer get-together. But unlike the old days it’s not cig butts and wine bottles; this time I’m talking grapes, free from biscuits, and two empty pots of tea, because today … Continue reading
Posted in Comment & Campaigns, News
Tagged advice, Allergy, Dr Tammy Rothenberg, food allergy, Hackney, Homerton, London, multiple allergies, N16, network, nut allergy, Paddington, parents, Peanut allergy, recipes, St Mary's, Stoke Newington, Support group
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British Airways – a rant
I’M GOING to dash this off very quickly as I don’t have a heap of time but am too angry not to rant. In short: we are travelling, as we often do, with BA in Europe this summer and, as … Continue reading
Posted in Comment & Campaigns
Tagged airlines, allergic traveller, Allergy, Anaphylaxis, announcements, British Airways, cabin crew, Delta, flights, food allergy, human rights, Monarch, nut free, Nuts, Peanut allergy, peanut ban, peanut snacks, policy, Travel
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A quick thought
A QUICK thought on the Free From Food Awards that occurred to me as I was scribbling up the winners’ list. Not only is there an absence of properly nut free stuff amongst them but there are very few foods that … 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
Please do not feed the kids
I wouldn’t say it’s easy to get complacent, exactly, but after a period of going out with no nut issues arising you sort of forget to look for the obvious. It’s as if you’re primed to seek out nuts in … Continue reading
Posted in Comment & Campaigns
Tagged food allergy, nut allergy, parenting rules, Peanut allergy, pistachio allergy
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My Sidney the sissy
So I’ve just noticed that Twitter and the blogosphere are ablaze with angry parents of peanut allergic kids turning their fury on US journo/ author/ humourist Marty Beckerman. What’s he done? Penned a scabrous article about how peanut allergic children … Continue reading
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Tagged Allergy, food allergy, Marty Beckerman, nut allergy, Peanut allergy, peanut allergy controversy, Twitter
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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 →