Amazing and Atopic

Hello! Long time, no blog! We're still in treatment with Dr. Li, and still floating around in Limbo-Land, having a list of foods that we could challenge, but never seeming to find the perfect ti...

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Mandarin Characters for "Tranquil" Happy New Year! I feel like I've been "away" for ages. My daughter is now 9 and in a homeschooling Girl Scout troop, since last year, and things have been ...

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My daughter had a sesame challenge on May 11th and she passed! I posted about it on a Facebook group, but just realized that I did not blog about it, here. :O It also felt surreal for her to pass...

http://www.amazingandatopic.com/2017/07/sesame-challenge-passed.html

Many thanks to Jenny Sprague , of the Food Allergy Bloggers Conference/FABlogCon ,  for arranging a conference call with kaléo to go over details of their Auvi-Q ™ AffordAbility plan.  ...

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DISCLAIMER: This post contains information that I am providing to the best of my knowledge. Many details are currently still in flux and information may change. Ultimately, your insurer and/or ka...

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I wanted to discuss this topic as a separate post.  This is written from a personal, purely speculative perspective. Some of you may have read about the new pricing plan for Auvi-Q, whi...

http://www.amazingandatopic.com/2017/01/auvi-q-list-price-my-personal.html

Fans of the Auvi-Q will be in for an exciting Valentine's Day treat! www.kaleopharma.com Auvi-Q Inventors, Eric and Evan Edwards In kaléo's October 2016 press release, they explain...

http://www.amazingandatopic.com/2017/01/the-auvi-q-returns-2142017.html

Bread made with "flax eggs"! Hooray! FLAX IS BAAAAACK! January will mark 3 years that we have been in treatment with Dr. Xiu-Min Li . We have been so lucky to see the continued downward t...

http://www.amazingandatopic.com/2016/11/flax-is-back.html

Image: Auvi-Q.com Exciting news is making the rounds! Auvi-Q is slated to make its much-awaited return in early 2017! I have loved this device ever since I first heard about it. I love th...

http://www.amazingandatopic.com/2016/10/auvi-q-return-early-2017.html

At this point, maybe I should stop explaining that this will be a long post, because that's pretty much the norm around here. ;) We had a very unexpected incident when we tried to make our...

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Hello! I feel like I have been quiet for so long! I'll spare you all my excuses and get down to business. If you haven't read it, please read my prior post about our 18-month progress. Click h...

http://www.amazingandatopic.com/2016/09/NY-FollowUp-DrLi-30Mos.html

Embed from Getty Images There have been so many advances in food allergy research , and there are treatment options that will be FDA approved over the next couple of years , for the treatmen...

http://www.amazingandatopic.com/2016/04/no-we-are-not-cured-yet.html

In July of 2015...yes, I am WAY behind...we flew to New York for our follow-up consultation with Dr. Xiu-Min Li in her private practice. In Dr. Li's private practice, the amount of time between ...

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THIS POST IS NOW OUTDATED.  THE AUVI-Q HAS RETURNED IN OWNERSHIP TO ITS ORIGINAL INVENTORS AND THEIR COMPANY, KALÉO. AN UPDATED POST WILL BE PUBLISHED.  VOLUNTARY, PRECAUTIONARY RECAL...

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I SING SO ECZEMA WON’T WIN!  New Video Contest Featuring YOUR CHILD! Dedicated to all the courageous kids who battle eczema every day, The Eczema Song hopes to make the struggle of applying...

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Time has been flying by, as it's known to do, and I realized that I have not posted about our journey, seeing Dr. Xiu-Min Li, in private practice. We recently had our in-person, follow-up appoint...

http://www.amazingandatopic.com/2015/08/NY-FollowUp-DrLi.html

gettyimages.com I created this document as a reference for my local support group, to share information on a selection of the food allergy treatment options that are currently in the works....

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View image | gettyimages.com The following is a summary of the Pro/Con Session on whether food OIT (Oral Immunotherapy) is ready for “prime time”. (Being ready for “prime time,” in ...

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View image | gettyimages.com Articles are published on a continuous basis, often with sensational titles that are meant to grab the reader's attention in a sea of content. When big medical ...

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View image | gettyimages.com I will admit that I have been known to grumble about allergists not knowing much about the latest research, or taking the time to listen to patient needs, or sta...

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I recently shared a post with a Twitter widget for the upcoming AAAAI 2015 meeting in February. The Western Society of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (WSAAI) meeting also recently concluded (th...

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The 2015 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Annual Meeting is February 20-24, in Houston, TX. For those of us who geek out on allergy and immunology news and research...

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"Hope" ~ Artistic rendering by my daughter... (glitter markers on cardstock) I have re-written this post about a dozen times, already, with each version containing far too many technical de...

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Note for next time...no small text! ;) I will confess right up front that I have not been a fan of Halloween/trick-or-treating for quite some time, now. I guess it safe to say it started whe...

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Phew! Halloween is done! :) Soon, I will write up a post on how that all went, and I will also write a more detailed post with my notes from the Food Allergy Bloggers Conference 2014. Given that ...

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