I am sitting on the edge of the couch in the psychologist’s office. I am lightheaded and not sure I will be able to stand, even though it is time to go. Fourty seven minutes into our fifty minute session, he has uttered a handful of words that will echo in my daytime thoughts and wake me [...]
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The Cave Baby Turns Five
Posted in Life With Allergies on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Surviving Four Years Without Chocolate
Posted in Life With Allergies on January 7, 2009 | 6 Comments »
At the preschool holiday program, a grandmother asked me why Roo was eating a different snack from the other children. When I told her about Roo’s allergies, she said, surprised, “She doesn’t look like a kid with food allergies, she looks so normal.” and proceeded to tell me about her 5 year old grandson who [...]
Thanksgiving Dinner with All the Trimmings (And Still Allergen Free!)
Posted in Life With Allergies, allergy recipes, holiday, main meals on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You don’t have to “make do” this Thansgiving. You can have a fabulous dinner with not too much work, while still avoiding your allergens. Now that’s really “freedom from want.”
Thanksgiving Dinner Menu
Butternut Squash Soup
Sage and Shallot Roasted Turkey
Mashed Potatoes
Wild Rice with Butternut Squash, Leeks, and Corn
Green Salad with Diced Granny Smith Apples, Dried Cranberries, and [...]
2008: A Critical Election for People Managing Food Allergies
Posted in Life With Allergies, tagged candidates, chronic illness, election, food allergies, health care, McCain, Obama on October 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What do the candidates have to say about food allergies?
Not much specifically, butthey have a lot to say about health insurance, which affects all of us, especially those of use with higher health care needs. Unfortunately, trying to figure out what all the political rhetoric actually means can be difficult. I’ve turned to The Urban [...]
Comment period still open on FDA food labeling changes
Posted in Life With Allergies on September 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The FDA held a hearing on September 16th about the “may contain” portion of its food labeling regulations. If you are like me, and you missed the public hearing, you can still submit a comment online.
You can comment here:
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocumentDetail&o=09000064806b7555
I believe that companies should be required to disclose all the ingredients of any product they sell. [...]
Nursing the Cave Baby
Posted in Life With Allergies on June 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
“How old is your baby?” asks the doctor after I tell him I am breastfeeding. He is holding my right breast and poking at a lump to see if I have mastitis. “Well, um, actually…” I mutter. “Actually, she’s not a baby any more. She’s almost three.” I hear the nurse behind my head gasp, and then try to [...]
Difficult Babies Make Better Kids (Maybe)
Posted in Life With Allergies on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
According to a team of researchers based at Indiana University, difficult babies can, with good parenting, become the most socially skilled and academically gifted children in first grade. The big qualification here is “with good parenting.” Babies who were rated as “diificult” and who received what the researchers defined as bad parenting ended up being [...]
Outgrowing Allergies
Posted in Life With Allergies on February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Roo has outgrown her egg and chocolate allergies! It seems like her immune system is starting to even out. We’ve had a pretty healthy winter so far (as opposed to the previous three, where Roo would have one cold or flu after the other for three months straight), and Roo has grown a lot. We [...]
Surviving and Thriving with Food Allergies
Posted in Life With Allergies on August 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When we first discovered my daughter’s allergies I was overwhelmed and felt like I couldn’t handle the situation. Then I realized there was no one else that could handle it either and that I was just going to have to learn. I learned how to cook all over again from scratch — literally. I couldn’t rely on the shortcut convenience [...]
Our Story
Posted in Life With Allergies on August 14, 2007 | 4 Comments »
My daughter has multiple food allergies. By saying that I have conjured up in your mind an infinite number of connotations – health food nuts, fad diets, the annoyance of not getting peanuts on the airplane any more, or maybe the way that certain foods make you feel not-so-great sometimes.
It would better describe our life [...]
