Sharing a few of the particulars on how I overcame my autoimmune struggles, introduced stability to my physique, and am now symptom-free. Obtain the free e-book right here.
Hello buddies! How are you? I hope you’re having a beautiful morning to this point. I’ve a day stacked with shopper calls and am trying 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 youngsters have been asking for occasions or journeys as a substitute of birthday events and I’m into it. Manner 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 yr symptom-free and
– one yr of detrimental Lupus markers
how I overcame autoimmune struggles
My most important 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 get better 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 a variety of grief. I’ve completed fairly a couple of weblog posts in regards to the eye saga, nevertheless it ended up being blepharitis, Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, and dry eye.
My final eye flare was somewhat over a yr in the past. We had seen The Nutcracker as a household – one in every of our favourite traditions – and I may really feel my eyes flaring through the show. Impulsively, 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 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 the whole lot got here again *regular,* besides for 2 Lupus markers. When one is constructive, there’s an opportunity that you’ve got Lupus, however when two are constructive, it’s an excellent probability 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 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 occurring. 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 carry the whole lot again to stability.
How I overcame autoimmune struggles
I made substantial modifications in my life. Operating 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 power and focus returned.
By final December, I felt a lot better, and my Lupus markers have been detrimental. Final week, throughout my annual bloodwork, each markers have been detrimental 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, nevertheless it was an enormous sigh of aid.
(You’ll be able to see right here that ANA was constructive in July, and detrimental in December!)
And detrimental once more this previous week after we examined once more:
And detrimental dsDNA twice in a row, too. Wahoo!!!
It’s means 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 the whole lot might be despatched to you routinely.
Please remember that this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this will provide 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* may not 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