Your Stories - Allergic Living https://www.allergicliving.com/category/managing/your-stories/ The magazine for those living with food allergies, celiac disease, asthma and pollen allergies. Tue, 15 Nov 2022 20:53:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 This Thanksgiving, Gratitude is on My Menu https://www.allergicliving.com/2022/11/03/this-thanksgiving-gratitude-is-on-my-menu/ Thu, 03 Nov 2022 16:57:16 +0000 https://www.allergicliving.com/?p=120083 As I pressed the confirm button to purchase Thanksgiving plane tickets for my two young-adult kids, I felt it –... Read more »

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]]> A Teen’s Journey: From Isolation to Owning My Food Allergies https://www.allergicliving.com/2022/05/10/a-teens-journey-from-isolation-to-owning-my-food-allergies/ Tue, 10 May 2022 14:33:02 +0000 https://www.allergicliving.com/?p=116787 I recently faced a rather unusual challenge. It was a “chicken challenge”. You see, I have been allergic to dairy,... Read more »

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]]> Vigilance Fatigue: What Food Allergy and COVID-19 Have in Common https://www.allergicliving.com/2020/12/02/vigilance-fatigue-what-food-allergy-and-covid-19-have-in-common/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:22:29 +0000 https://www.allergicliving.com/?p=106177 To food allergy families, the vigilance with the pandemic felt all too familiar - from wariness of an unseen enemy to frequent hand-washing.

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]]> Call It Chopped: Allergy Mom Edition https://www.allergicliving.com/2020/05/26/call-it-chopped-allergy-mom/ Tue, 26 May 2020 16:30:56 +0000 https://www.allergicliving.com/?p=82924 With a hodgepodge of ingredients and my family’s armload of allergies, I had to get creative in the kitchen. This article is... Read more »

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]]> Latex-Allergic Mom’s Dangerous Reaction to a Holiday Plant https://www.allergicliving.com/2019/12/28/latex-allergic-moms-dangerous-reaction-to-a-holiday-plant/ Sat, 28 Dec 2019 18:00:24 +0000 https://www.allergicliving.com/?p=76112 A mother of six from the Muskoka region of Ontario, Canada suffered a serious anaphylactic reaction related to the gift... Read more »

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]]> How A Sleepover Guest Came to My Daughter’s Rescue https://www.allergicliving.com/2019/12/12/how-a-sleepover-guest-came-to-my-daughters-rescue/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 22:09:33 +0000 https://www.allergicliving.com/?p=75013 The best sleepover guest ever saved the day in an allergy reaction crisis. When my 13-year-old daughter Elise asked if... Read more »

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]]> Do Friends Really ‘Get’ Your Food Allergies? https://www.allergicliving.com/2019/08/28/do-friends-really-get-your-food-allergies/ Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:30:37 +0000 https://www.allergicliving.com/?p=69344 My role as food allergy advocate has been greatly inspired by the late Sabrina Shannon, a food allergy advocate herself,... Read more »

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]]> Food Allergy Support Squad: The People Trained to Have Your Back https://www.allergicliving.com/2019/05/13/food-allergy-support-squad-the-people-trained-to-have-your-back/ Mon, 13 May 2019 19:03:17 +0000 https://www.allergicliving.com/?p=58118 Living with life-threatening food allergies can be extremely complicated and stressful. As a teenager with severe food allergies to milk,... Read more »

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]]> In My Preschool Class, the Kids Have Become My Food Allergy Protectors https://www.allergicliving.com/2019/04/30/in-my-preschool-class-the-kids-have-become-my-food-allergy-protectors/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 17:23:56 +0000 https://www.allergicliving.com/?p=57850 A career involving education and children is just as rewarding and challenging as I imagined it would be. But adding... Read more »

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]]> Twitter Jokes About Food Allergy: the Trouble with Disease Disrespect https://www.allergicliving.com/2019/04/12/twitter-jokes-about-food-allergy-the-trouble-with-disease-disrespect/ Fri, 12 Apr 2019 15:38:23 +0000 https://www.allergicliving.com/?p=57658 On Twitter, I’ve been noticing some food allergy ‘jokes’ popping up on my feed. As a young adult, I can... Read more »

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