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By sharing her lifetime health battle, Jo Frost is raising awareness. The former Supernanny star recently made a social media post on her experience with anaphylaxis, a potentially fatal reaction to allergens that affects the entire body. She starred in the ABC series from 2005 to 2011 and had a brief comeback in 2020.
Jo posted on Instagram on July 12th, saying, "I have survived more anaphylactic shocks than I'm ready to go into detail about right now." "I suffer from anaphylaxis, a potentially fatal food-related illness that will severely impair my health to the point of hospitalization."
The 55-year-old wanted to raise awareness of the medical ailment by sharing her experience. (The Allergy and Asthma Network estimates that 42 percent of children and 51 percent of adults in the US suffer from food allergies severe enough to result in anaphylaxis.)
"There are millions of people in my community worldwide, both adults and children, who navigate this journey with caution and anxiety, and they do not receive nearly enough empathy, education, or compassion from those who do not," Jo added. "Everyone will know someone who has anaphylaxis today, or someone who knows someone who does."
"It's as bad as shoving a loaded gun in my face if you ignore the severity of this medical condition," Jo said.
The former TV personality stressed the significance of everyone understanding the risks of anaphylaxis because she has dedicated her career to helping families with young children.
She went on, "I'm not sorry for my health condition." However, it does have an effect on my day-to-day activities, such as the safety measures I take and the effort I must expend to determine with extreme caution whether you are winging it at a restaurant or actually know what you're talking about because you can't be asked to go to the back of the kitchen and ask the chef directly. It indicates that you consistently avoid legal responsibility and prioritize your greed over my safety by using the phrase "it may contain."
In fact, the knowledgeable caregiver discussed the dangers that people with celiac disease and other dietary aversions face when they dismiss them as fad diets.
She said, "I don't want special treatment." "I want to receive the same respect and consideration that you just gave to other people. I need you to be willing to learn, educate your employees, and modify your rules, menus, workspaces, school training, and event spaces so that everyone can support the children who are truly all ours in this world. I don't need your mumbled insults, your passive-aggressive remarks, or your ignorance. And be understanding and sympathetic to one another.
"There are many doing great work about anaphylaxis; get curious and learn more because really, as we mentioned before, we all know someone," Jo said as she concluded her social media post, urging her fans to educate themselves on the disease.
