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 pals! How are you? I hope you’re having a beautiful morning up to now. I’ve a day stacked with consumer calls and am wanting ahead to some adventures with the fam — we’re headed to Disney for the lengthy weekend to rejoice Liv’s bday. I’ll share the adventures over on IG tales! The children have been asking for occasions or journeys as a substitute of birthday events and I’m into it. Approach much less stress throughout and much more enjoyable.
I’m normally 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 large milestones:
– one yr symptom-free and
– one yr of unfavorable Lupus markers
how I overcame autoimmune struggles
My fundamental signs
Slightly 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 generally – to coping with thriller rashes, histamine points, joint ache, and excessive fatigue. I couldn’t recuperate from exercises, and if I did one thing that was significantly intense, I felt like I wanted to sleep the remainder of the day. My eyes additionally gave me quite a lot of grief. I’ve executed fairly just a few weblog posts in regards to the eye saga, but it surely ended up being blepharitis, Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, and dry eye.
My final eye flare was just a little over a yr in the past. We had seen The Nutcracker as a household – one among our favourite traditions – and I may really feel my eyes flaring in the course of the show. Hastily, they had been burning, itchy, and neon crimson. 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 may 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 upset by the outcomes, they made sense to me.
She referred me to rheumatology, however since my signs had been manageable, and I’d been coping with them for a couple of yr at that time, I actually needed to do some digging and see if I may heal myself.
Whereas I’d had some potential diagnoses from my PCP and my dry eye specialist, nobody may 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 Stage 2, so I put my new expertise to work. The purpose was to find my deficiencies and toxicities so I may convey all the things again to steadiness.
How I overcame autoimmune struggles
I made substantial modifications in my life. Working practical labs on myself, altering my food plan, and specializing in my nervous system had 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 significantly better, and my Lupus markers had been unfavorable. Final week, throughout my annual bloodwork, each markers had been unfavorable once more—an enormous aid 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 yr, but it surely was an enormous sigh of aid.
(You possibly can see right here that ANA was optimistic in July, and unfavorable in December!)
And unfavorable once more this previous week after we examined once more:
And unfavorable 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 applied 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 electronic mail and all the things shall be despatched to you mechanically.
Please take into account that this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this could supply some concepts or assist if you happen to’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 arduous to see that within the second. <3
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Sending numerous like to you.
xo
Gina