Allergies

Time for writing.

/ lizziechantree / 12 Comments

Hello everyone. It’s been a tricky time lately to find time to update my blog or get much writing done. We are still trying to find out more about our daughter’s allergies and it’s not an easy mountain to climb. I’ve been trying to fit in work commitments with family time and doctors visits. We have had more allergy test results back, but are now even more confused as we have yet to see the specialist for a better understanding of what those results mean. Basically it came back with 19 out of 22 allergens as positive and thats just from the ones we tested for most recently.

I’m trying to decide wether to give NaNoWriMo another try this year too. I attempted it last year, but I had a book launch coming up and a new manuscript to complete, so beginning again was tricky. This year, I’ve just finished a new book and while it’s in edits, I’m already thinking of my new characters and how much I want to get their story onto paper. Although the National novel writing month can be stressful, it also gives you an extra push to get those words written down.

I think I’ll probably give it a try. How about you? What writing projects are you trying to find time to finish before the end of the year?

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Allergic world.

/ lizziechantree / 16 Comments

Hello everyone.

It’s been a stressful weekend here, so I haven’t written a marketing post for you. My daughter had a nasty allergic reaction whilst on holiday and she ended up on a drip in hospital, which was very frightening. After speaking to her doctors about her first set of test results, we now realise that she has some pretty serious food allergies. She spent eight years in and out of hospital with horrendous coughs as a child, which was diagnosed as asthma and hyper-reactive skin, but we now suspect that food may have been the culprit all along.

Learning about allergies and the way the affect peoples lives is overwhelming at times. We now have to think about everything she eats or touches and about everything anyone else eats or touches and sometimes this seems like an impossible task. We are very lucky that everyone has been so understanding so far, but this will mean major changes to all our lives.

We have had to train our family and friends on how to use an EPI-pen, which helps counteract the reaction. It’s not difficult to use, but it’s scary how many people have never seen or come across one. I’d like to show a quick video here, to make more people aware of how easy they are to use, but also how they can save lives. If you’d like to share this post to help others find out more about allergy and anaphylaxis, or comment on any tips you have for coping with allergies, I’d be eternally grateful.

EpiPen Demonstration video.

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Further information:

NHS Allergy.

Allergy UK.