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At the moment…

To this day, I have yet to meet someone with my allergy. It is difficult to find answers when no one really knows how to go about with this allergy.

I cannot deny that I still break down and cry every once in while when things get hard. This allergy is truly exhausting. All I hear from my loved ones is “no, you cannot eat that,” “do not touch that,” “let me help you.” I do remind myself that I must keep moving forward.

I know that it is important to stay strong and keep a positive attitude but some days… Even though this allergy makes it feel like everything is impossible and I am stuck in a small world, I reaffirm myself that I am not stuck and a bright future is ahead of me. I am proud of the knowledge I have acquired and the strength I have found to deal with my health challenges and keep hoping for an answer.

I remain hopeful that a day in the near future there will be some type of medicine or treatment to completely cure or manage the allergy to colophony.