Sharing a few of the particulars on how I overcame my autoimmune struggles, introduced steadiness to my physique, and am now symptom-free. Obtain the free e book right here.
Hello mates! How are you? I hope you’re having a beautiful morning to this point. I’ve a day stacked with consumer calls and am trying ahead to some adventures with the fam — we’re headed to Disney for the lengthy weekend to have a good time Liv’s bday. I’ll share the adventures over on IG tales! The youngsters have been asking for occasions or journeys as a substitute of birthday events and I’m into it. Means much less stress throughout and much more enjoyable.
I’m often bizarre about celebrating private issues – for instance, I by no means inform anybody when it’s my birthday lol- however there are two milestones I’m celebrating this month, and embracing each single a part of these enormous milestones:
– one 12 months symptom-free and
– one 12 months of damaging Lupus markers
how I overcame autoimmune struggles
My major signs
Just below two years in the past, some wacky issues occurred with my well being. I went from feeling *okay* – I nonetheless had occasional anxiousness and was drained typically – to coping with thriller rashes, histamine points, joint ache, and excessive fatigue. I couldn’t get well from exercises, and if I did one thing that was notably intense, I felt like I wanted to sleep the remainder of the day. My eyes additionally gave me plenty of grief. I’ve accomplished fairly a couple of weblog posts concerning the eye saga, but it surely ended up being blepharitis, Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, and dry eye.
My final eye flare was a bit over a 12 months in the past. We had seen The Nutcracker as a household – certainly one of our favourite traditions – and I might really feel my eyes flaring throughout the show. Rapidly, they have been burning, itchy, and neon pink. As quickly because it was over, we raced to Walgreen’s for Claritin – I knew at that time it was a part of a histamine response – and took out my contacts so I might put on my glasses. I used to be doing a LOT higher, however was nonetheless having common eye flares.
That was my final one.
My autoimmune story and lupus markers
Two summers in the past, my PCP helped me run some bloodwork, and all the things got here again *regular,* besides for 2 Lupus markers. When one is optimistic, there’s an opportunity that you’ve got Lupus, however when two are optimistic, it’s an excellent likelihood that you’ve got Lupus. Whereas I used to be dissatisfied by the outcomes, they made sense to me.
She referred me to rheumatology, however since my signs have been manageable, and I’d been coping with them for a couple of 12 months at that time, I actually needed to do some digging and see if I might heal myself.
Whereas I’d had some potential diagnoses from my PCP and my dry eye specialist, nobody might inform me WHY this was taking place. I knew my physique was crying for assist, that one thing was inflicting the irritation, and I used to be decided to determine it out. I used to be a newly licensed IHP Degree 2, so I put my new expertise to work. The aim was to find my deficiencies and toxicities so I might convey all the things again to steadiness.
How I overcame autoimmune struggles
I made substantial modifications in my life. Working purposeful labs on myself, altering my food plan, and specializing in my nervous system have been game-changers. Over time, my autoimmune and histamine points disappeared, my eyes stopped troubling me, and my vitality and focus returned.
By final December, I felt a lot better, and my Lupus markers have been damaging. Final week, throughout my annual bloodwork, each markers have been damaging once more—an enormous reduction and a testomony to the progress I’ve made. TBH I used to be nervous to get the outcomes as a result of I’ve been feeling nice for the previous 12 months, but it surely was an enormous sigh of reduction.
(You’ll be able to see right here that ANA was optimistic in July, and damaging in December!)
And damaging once more this previous week after we examined once more:
And damaging dsDNA twice in a row, too. Wahoo!!!
It’s approach too lengthy for a weblog put up, so I needed to share a few of the issues I carried out and discovered within the course of. I made a free obtain with 7 issues that helped me probably the most, and the hyperlink to get a duplicate is right here. Merely add your e mail and all the things can be despatched to you mechanically.
Please needless to say this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this will supply some concepts or assist in case you’re in the identical boat. It’s additionally to share some hope as a result of how issues are *now* won’t be everlasting. Therapeutic is feasible, and it may be onerous to see that within the second. <3
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Sending plenty of like to you.
xo
Gina
