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Facing my reality at the allergist office(s)
For the better part of two decades, I have avoided seeing the inside of an allergist office. By choice. Of course, I don’t recommend this now if you have a known life-threatening food allergy like me, but then I was in denial. Maybe it was my “I am independent” backlash from seeing the inside [...]
Food allergy denial and the illusion of control
One day near the end of my 38th year, I faced my own mortality. It wasn’t a major event or a dramatic near-death experience. It was simply reading a story of the tragic passing of 13 year old Emily Vonder Meulen. For several months now I have been rationalizing my recent major allergic reactions to [...]
