#nickelychallenged

[nickelychallenged]

700 Million people are allergic to Nickel. Regrant from @skintifique Is this allergy a bit sexist? Bra, jewelry, make-up, facial products, masks &more. #nickelallergy #nickelychallenged

[nickelychallenged]

Most events I go to, I often see myself apologizing for my allergy, sorry I cannot eat this or that. Sorry you cannot see me enjoy the foods you like and so on. If you saw in my Instagram story I ate alone because I never want to be the topic of conversation. Trying to explain why I am eating different from you. I always get responses like, "I am glad i don't have to deal with that." And so on making it seem like I am the problem. See I've trained my mind to eat for survival not for pleasure. And to everything I've been through I blame myself for everything. Even when people I used to know come back in my life and then leave because they don't wanna deal with allergy. Last week is when I said nope ... Nope I am not the problem this isn't my fault. My allergy is me and I am it and it's neither good or bad and if you cannot accommodate me that says more about your value in humanity not my value. I refuse to keep wearing my allergy as an apology. #allergyquotes #nickelallergy #nickelychallenged

[nickelychallenged]

My #allergyWCW is @iisuperwomanii was the person who inspired me to start Youtube. So as you all know I'm allergic to the world and have been struggling to find people who will accommodate me and keep me safe in my living situation. Last week, my roommate brought gas in the house for 2 days before she put gas in her car. Well, I don't really have other places to go. the first night I stayed in the house the second night I had a random rash and slept in my friend's house but he smoked so it was a catch 22. Well, ended up in the hospital due to the gas releasing nickel oxide in the air. No matter what I ate I had an itchy throat because nickel is in almost every food. So back to the drawing board to reset button. But Arg! I have horrible luck with humans. In other words, now another thing I need to minimize food for and be sick for. So this weekend was highly emotional due to just almost 2 years now trying to find accommodation that won't kill me. So hopefully there will be someone who can keep me safe because being airborne anaphylactic and having doctors not know anything about this allergy is really taking a toll on my body. But just so you know, I also know gas is bad but my reactions were severe because of the nickel in it. #nowhereissafe #nickelallergy #nickelychallenged

[nickelychallenged]

My #allergyMCM is @awakenwithjp in love with his sarcasm and just his oxymoron message which gets the point across. Shirt says: "Spiritual as hell" 😂 So I should never be the one to say this but in my few interactions with people who like me or I like them or both. My food allergy has always been a problem, like actually. 😒 It is very hard for people to ever think of a relationship without the consistent "let's get dinner" rituals. Ummm sir no thank you. I even had someone ask me, "what bout the guy you date." Like the guy would suffer cause I cannot eat out. In all seriousness, tolerating people's food allergy isn't the same as being comfortable around them. I don't care if you talk about food, and I don't want to be kept reminded that I cannot eat out.... umm food abuse much... 👀 and I don't want to hear how you would love me to try something you love to eat. It's never gonna happen so let's move on. I wonder if its just really hard to think of things outside eating out when you are starting to get to know people in a relationship. But yeah I am not an expert I don't really date so I don't know if this is accurate but just my observations when people who like me find out about food allergy. #foodallergy #nickelallergy #nickelychallenged #allergystrugglebus #MCM

[nickelychallenged]

My #allergyWCW is @alexalosey her sarcasm is definitely in sync with mine. So I saw someone talking about being terrified of traveling because of their food allergies. And I would definitely tell you most times there is a travel opportunity 9/10 I turn it down cause it will not accommodate me making my own food. Traveling is the most annoying thing to do when you cannot easily pick up a meal on the go and if you are airborne anaphylactic or fragrances well forget it. My first blog post was Spring Break Fail when I couldn't go on a Spring Break with my sister and her friends because the group unanimously decided not to get a hotel with a kitchen a little farther away from the beach. So I was the only one who couldn't go to that Spring Break and there has been a series of events just like this that just make it nearly impossible to travel in groups. I have never really been on a spring break except when I first got diagnosed and started the low nickel diet in 2011 my parents decided to go on Summer break and rent a hotel with a kitchen near my sister and friends so I could go with my sister and her friends. Unfortunately or fortunately I couldn't room with them since I wasn't accommodated but I did hang out with them from time to time. But thats last group travel opportunity, now traveling needs to be at friends houses and/or a hotel with a kitchen or I need to get a hot plate so I will be able to eat. But whenever it ever happens that I get to be more carefree when traveling I swear that day I won't know what to do with myself. Socially most people will not accommodate your food allergy no matter how they are related to you. It starts to be a little annoying and you always feel like a burden but I do appreciate the people who understand the lengths I have to take to travel and try to make it that I can at least cook my meals. And tell me how long the day will be so I can meal plan properly. #nickelychallenged #allergies #allergy #foodallergy #allergyawarenessmonth

[nickelychallenged]

My #wcw is the beautiful @kathleenlights she is truly an inspiration. So yeah I said fairly not equal. I think with allergies some people want to forget it and not take it into account. I had an argument with my sister she said, "we always have options or you create your own options." I said "no, sometimes you cannot create your own options." Sadly to say sometimes we need other people to create options for us. Our allergies literally stops us from doing what other people with allergies can do. For example, my high school friend let me rent his room out and knew about my allergy and is determined to have smoke free renters. I literally needed to move several states to be healthy. I never created that option he did. Without him I wouldn't know how I would be now, health wise, trust me it was heading to bed rest since the chronic fatigue, fainting, and nerve pains were unbearable. Sometimes you need to modify situations to make it fair, to go the extra mile. Love people a little louder. We have this notion that everyone can take care themselves and that is furtherest from the truth when you are given an unfair advantage. I guess it's survival of the featest out here. 👀 even though we can all survive together in harmony with a helping hand. #allergies #allergyWCW #nickelallergy #nickelychallenged #allergy #airborneallergy #foodallergy

[nickelychallenged]

#Repost @makingitessential with @repostapp. ・・・ You can say that again! Spent almost a year fighting for my health and just annoyed at the fact that this body I was given Is seriously the most expensive thing I have got. Everything I do from make-up💄, drinking water, eating, cooking 🍳, washing dishes, clothes, bras, hair, people the list will go on. I have seriously thought this was a burden but that's when you surround yourself with negative, lazy people who don't know the value of people. But that being said, my body is always my first priority because without it I wouldn't be here! #foodallergy #nickelallergy #nickelychallenged #allergy #nervepains #chronicpain #chronicfatigue #life

[nickelychallenged]

My #WCW is the beautiful and always chipper @duckieofficial I swear I need her energy 👀. ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ So I know it's all fun and games. But I have realized the less people make fun of my allergy the less I cheat. Also the less I talk bad about my allergy as well. I have stopped judging it. It's neither good or bad. It's neither not normal. It is what it is, it's life, it's my life now. But when you always hear how different you are in a derogatory way you are more likely to want to be normal. I think my blog post "Diary of a Mad Allergic Woman" clearly conveys my agony of food restrictions. Weirdly to say I am less likely to cheat now with only having 9 foods in my diet than when I could have like over 30 foods. Weird, right? But it is all in what you allow in your environment and mental space you need to not have people around you who don't see your food allergy as a burden but an adventure and you need to find other way to enjoy food even though there is a lot of anxiety around it. Try to figure out how to eat like your in a restaurant even if you can't go to a restaurant. As we figure out our food allergies don't forget to figure out your mental state as well and your triggers. #allergyWCW #nickelychallenged #allergy #foodallergy #support