One of the main challenges I experience with having a life-threatening allergy is travel. I LOVE to travel but my goodness it takes some planning when you have an allergy. Epipens? Inhalers? Safe food? Contacted the airline? Contacted the hotel? Nearest hospital? Translation cards? As I got older, I realised that there was very littleContinue reading “Helping Others”
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Where did this journey begin?
One Saturday night, at the age of 5, I ate a raisin from a jar of mixed nuts and raisins which resulted in anaphylaxis. From that day, my life would change drastically. Skin prick tests confirmed my allergy and I was sent away with 2 epipens and told to read every label. I had toContinue reading “Where did this journey begin?”