Allergic Revolution

Six months have passed and it isn't that I didn't have updates. I had so many updates and not enough time to process. I want to see ...

Disclaimer: This content is not intended as medical advice.  . As always, contact your allergist or medical professional with any medical qu...

Note: More than a week passed in between me starting this post and finishing. Any timing is a little out of date, but the basic inform...

As I have posted everywhere now (a wee bit excited and relieved), James passed his recent soy challenge. The challenge was a different from ...

I am aware it's been months since I have updated. Sometimes, I nothing to say. Other days, I didn't know how to share, would I b...

I will not lie; my kitchen was already ... well used ... prior to food allergies. But, exploded might be a better description since James wa...

The food restrictions we will accommodate on Thanksgiving include: vegan, peanut, tree nut, soy, and wheat allergies, OAS to melon and t...

is apparently not enough to keep the doctors away. But, here is James, his first apple in two years. His Apple History: He reac...

We traveled to New York last month for James's 20 month follow up with Dr. Li. I really have no new blood work results to report, b...

When James started treatment, my goal was pretty clear: I didn't want him to be allergic anymore. The allergy seemed the mountain...

I wrote this last week. I'm tired. A lot has nothing to do with James's protocol, but when life wears me down, it is an added ...

I had really hoped to skip camp this year. I had every reason to believe that not only would it not be necessary, but we could even str...

Some of you may remember this post  about 100 days of happiness by my friend, Stacey. (Incidentally, Stacey has her own blog now, Chew the F...

Both Vit A and D are involved in the regulation of the immune system and inflammation of tissue. In order to be used by the body, they need ...

Twelve years ago, for the last Year of the Monkey, we were in China, adopting James. Technically, we were there just after the New Year;...

Treg, or Regulatory T cells, have the job of regulating the immune system. Many treatments of allergies have been found to influence the T...

"You have done wonderful work." Typical of Dr. Li, ever modest, this was her response to James's blood test results. As I ...

Yesterday, I read off James's test results, starting with the environmentals which were at the top, "Normal, normal, normal, slight...

But not what you think ... October 23rd, James had a cyst removed from his forehead. I went in thinking it was no big deal, right up un...

We do not use Auvi-Q, but my heart goes out to all those affected. Here's some things I've learned as this recall proceeds. Have ...