Sharing among 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 to date. 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 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. 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 unfavourable Lupus markers
how I overcame autoimmune struggles
My 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 nervousness and was drained typically – 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 number of grief. I’ve accomplished fairly a couple of weblog posts concerning 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 among our favourite traditions – and I may really feel my eyes flaring in the course of the show. Swiftly, they have been burning, itchy, and neon purple. 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 optimistic, there’s an opportunity that you’ve got Lupus, however when two are optimistic, it’s an excellent probability that you’ve got Lupus. Whereas I used to be disillusioned 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 few 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 deliver the whole lot again to steadiness.
How I overcame autoimmune struggles
I made substantial adjustments in my life. Working useful 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 significantly better, and my Lupus markers have been unfavourable. Final week, throughout my annual bloodwork, each markers have been unfavourable 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 yr, nevertheless it was an enormous sigh of reduction.
(You’ll be able to see right here that ANA was optimistic in July, and unfavourable in December!)
And unfavourable once more this previous week after we examined once more:
And unfavourable dsDNA twice in a row, too. Wahoo!!!
It’s approach too lengthy for a weblog publish, so I needed to share among 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 electronic mail and the whole lot will probably be despatched to you robotically.
Please take into account that this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this will supply some concepts or help when you’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 onerous to see that within the second. <3
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Sending a number of like to you.
xo
Gina
