self-care Blog Entries - Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Connection Team

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Risk-Taking and Teens with Food Allergies

Posted on: September 6, 2017 6:00 pm
Tags: Food-allergy, Anaphylaxis, Allergy-awareness, Education, Food-allergy-blog, Blog, Support, Research, Awareness, Teens, Advocacy, Patient, Allergy, Epinephrine, Medications, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Action-plan, Adolescents, Board-certified-allergist, Food-allergies, Civil-rights, Self-care, Readlabels, Medication, Medic-alert, Medical-id, Medical-alert-id, Know-the-faacts, Back-to-school, Risk, Risk-taking, Behavior,

by Tiffany deSilva, MSW, LSW When you were a teenager, did your mother ever ask you the age-old question, “If all of your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump, too?” If adolescents answered this question truthfully, their answer would be, read more …

How Can Parents Best Partner with a School to Insure Their Child’s Food Allergies are Managed Safely and Successfully?

Posted on: August 8, 2017 11:00 pm
Tags: Education, Food-allergy, Anaphylaxis, Blog, Food-allergy-blog, Support, Epinephrine, Medications, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Secondary, Elementary, School-resources, School, Foodservice, Food-allergies, Medical-alert-id, Self-care, Tips, Allergies, School-nurse, Nurse, Parent,

For anyone sending a child off to school, it can be exciting, worrisome and challenging, especially when your child has a food allergy. Most parents are focused on the educational aspects of their child’s school, full of questions about teacher-student read more …

Why Should Your Child Wear A Medical ID?

Posted on: July 19, 2017 5:00 pm
Tags: Food-allergy, Anaphylaxis, Allergy-awareness, Food-allergy-blog, Blog, Support, Education, Awareness, Teens, Advocacy, Patient, Allergy, Support-group, Epinephrine, Medications, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Action-plan, Know-the-faacts, Food-allergies, Allergies, Self-care, Medication, Tips, Medic-alert, Medical-id, Medical-alert-id, Id, Medical,

Does your food allergic child wear a medical ID? Here is the importance and positives of why they should. We have our emergency action plan, a trusted allergist, and always carry two epinephrine auto injectors. All this preparedness is key to keeping our read more …

Is Your Child Off to College?

Posted on: July 3, 2017 4:00 pm
Tags: Education, Food-allergy, Anaphylaxis, Allergy-awareness, Food, Blog, Food-allergy-blog, Support, Awareness, Teens, Advocacy, Patient, Allergy, Epinephrine, Medications, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Action-plan, School-resources, College, Self-care, Civil-rights, Allergies, Food-allergies, Family, Know-the-faacts,

by Caroline Moassessi College acceptances are complete and now it is peanut-treenut-milk-egg-wheat-soy-fish-shellfish free and other allergens crunch time! The pedal is about to hit the metal and the last twelve years of learning, growing and empowering will read more …

How Do You Celebrate Food Allergy Awareness Month?

Posted on: May 14, 2017 9:00 am
Tags: Food-allergy, Anaphylaxis, Allergy-awareness, Education, Food-allergy-blog, Support, Foodallergyawarenessweek, Faaw, Awareness, Recipes, Food, Nutfree-wok, Asian-fare, Allergy, Advocacy, Blog, Self-care, School, Elementary, Secondary, Foodservice, Diningout, Readlabels, Label, Allergies,

The entire month of May is Food Allergy Awareness Month with the bulk of the activities and special events taking place during Food Allergy Awareness Week, May 14-20, 2017. When we hear about food allergy awareness week proclamations from our local and state read more …

Food-Free Mother's Day

Posted on: May 7, 2017 12:00 pm
Tags: Food-allergy-blog, Blog, Education, Food-allergy, Anaphylaxis, Allergy-awareness, Food, Support, Foodallergyawarenessweek, Faaw, Awareness, Allergy, Patient, Epinephrine, Self-care, Caregivers, Food-allergies, Family, Know-the-faacts, Mothersday, Mom, Mother, Mothers-day,

by Tracy Bush, Nutrimom - Food Allergy Liaison Mother’s Day - the single day of the year when mom should be spoiled, pampered, fussed over and made to feel as if her feet should not touch the ground. All mothers love to feel treasured but what happens read more …

Allergy Sufferer vs. Allergy Advocate – Empowering Our Kids to Take Charge of Their Challenges

Posted on: April 18, 2017 9:00 am
Tags: Food-allergy-blog, Blog, Food-allergy, Education, Anaphylaxis, Allergy-awareness, Food, Support, Foodallergyawarenessweek, Faaw, Awareness, Teens, Advocacy, Patient, Support-group, Allergy, Summer, Epinephrine, Medications, School, Allergies, Food-allergies, Civil-rights, Family, Self-care, Tips, Medication,

by Daniella Knell April is one of my favorite times of year because I am prepping to present food allergy awareness classes during Food Allergy Awareness Week in May. As my kids get older and older, my focus switches to getting them and their food allergy read more …

If Emergency Strikes, Will You Be Prepared?

Posted on: April 2, 2017 6:00 pm
Tags: Food-allergy-blog, Blog, Food-allergy, Anaphylaxis, Allergy-awareness, Support, Awareness, Allergy, Epinephrine, Medications, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Action-plan, Board-certified-allergist, Food-allergies, Medication, Self-care, Family,

By Tami Pyles We stared at the TV watching the ominous red blob inch closer and closer to our area. There was no doubt a major storm was headed our way. The weatherman encouraged everyone to take cover and prepare for a long evening with potentially damaging read more …

How to Thank a Food Allergy Caregiver

Posted on: March 21, 2017 6:00 pm
Tags: Food-allergy-blog, Blog, Food-allergy, Allergy-awareness, Education, Anaphylaxis, Support, Patient, Allergy, Epinephrine, Caregivers, Self-care, Allergies, Food-allergies, Family, Know-the-faacts,

by Rachel Hayden, Author of Mom vs. Food Allergy Blog and Support Group Leader Raising a child with food allergies cannot be done alone. It just can’t. Without having a tribe of caring friends and caregivers surrounding you, keeping a food allergy read more …

Traveling with Food Allergies

Posted on: March 9, 2017 5:00 pm
Tags: Food-allergy, Anaphylaxis, Allergy-awareness, Education, Food, Blog, Food-allergy-blog, Support, Epinephrine, Medications, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Allergy, Summer, Vacation, Advocacy, Patient, Awareness, Teens, Travel, Traveling, Adolescents, Self-care, Tips, Food-allergies, Family, Know-the-faacts, Allergies,

by William Antony, FAACT Teen Advisory Council Member When asked to write a blog about living with multiple, life-threatening food allergies from the perspective of a 17-year-old boy, I jumped at the chance. There are so many misconceptions about food read more …

New Guidelines Show How to Introduce Peanut-containing Foods to Reduce Allergy Risk

Posted on: January 5, 2017 1:00 pm
Tags: Food-allergy, Anaphylaxis, Allergy-awareness, Education, Blog, Food-allergy-blog, Allergy, Patient, Awareness, Support, Self-care, Food-allergies, Epinephrine, Medications, Peanut, Guidelines,

From American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) ARLINGTON HEIGHTS (January 5, 2017) – The wait is over for parents who’ve been wanting to know how and when to introduce peanut-containing foods to their read more …

Prioritizing Self-Care in a Busy Food Allergy World

Posted on: May 2, 2016 6:00 pm
Tags: Food-allergy-blog, Blog, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Food-allergy, Education, Support, Awareness, Advocacy, Allergy, Family, Allergies, Tips, Food-allergies, Self-care,

by Kristin Osborne The month of May is special because it honors moms across the country on Mother’s Day. It is even more special to me because I'm “Mom” to three boys with multiple life-threatening food allergies. In our world, daily life read more …