My body has two sides: 1 – the cautious, sick side, that thinks that even the slightest trace of nuts and almonds is poisonous and fights tooth and nails to protect itself against the dangerous substance. Fact is, though, that nuts aren’t poisonous so the fight turns into self-destruction and my body eventually reacts against itself, kills itself. [...]
Posts under ‘allergies’
Aug 03
fragile
It had been more than 9 years since I last had that feeling, when today I felt an unmistakable itch in my mouth. I froze, waited a while – was it just my imagination? – no. Definitely not. The itching increased rapidly, I started to feel weird and my gums started to swell. My husband looked [...]
May 14
natural born skeptic
About 5 years ago I got a rash on my little finger. It itched like crazy, the skin was terribly dry and nothing worked. A year later, the little finger was quite fine but instead I had got a red, itching spot in my right palm. Hydrocortisone did not work, but I put it on anyway [...]
Jan 06
my clothes don’t fit me no more
I have always been aware of what I should and shouldn’t eat. When I was little I was allergic to pretty much everything from milk to tomatoes to fish. I couldn’t eat chicken because their food had fish in it, and so on. We had periods when we only ate vegetarian food when I grew up, [...]
Dec 14
vivere, vivere liberamente
Yesterday morning was the last morning for three weeks that I had to get up at 5. Today was my last train ride for three weeks. I can’t even begin to explain how wonderful that feels. I don’t have any time off, I’m working through the holidays but I’ll be at the salon here, a [...]
