Sharing a number of the particulars on how I overcame my autoimmune struggles, introduced steadiness to my physique, and am now symptom-free. Download the free e book right here.
Hi mates! How are you? I hope you’re having a beautiful morning to date. I’ve a day stacked with shopper calls and am wanting 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 children have been asking for occasions or journeys as a substitute of birthday events and I’m into it. Way 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 enormous milestones:
– one 12 months symptom-free and
– one 12 months of damaging Lupus markers
how I overcame autoimmune struggles
My major signs
Just beneath 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 significantly intense, I felt like I wanted to sleep the remainder of the day. My eyes additionally gave me a number of grief. I’ve carried out fairly just a few weblog posts concerning the eye saga, nevertheless it 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 – one in all our favourite traditions – and I may really feel my eyes flaring in the course of the show. All of a sudden, 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 every little thing 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 likelihood that you’ve got Lupus. While I used to be disenchanted 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 12 months at that time, I actually wished to do some digging and see if I may heal myself.
While 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 Level 2, so I put my new abilities to work. The aim was to find my deficiencies and toxicities so I may deliver every little thing again to steadiness.
How I overcame autoimmune struggles
I made substantial modifications in my life. Running useful labs on myself, altering my weight loss 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 power and focus returned.
By final December, I felt a lot better, and my Lupus markers had been damaging. Last week, throughout my annual bloodwork, each markers had 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, nevertheless it was an enormous sigh of reduction.
(You can see right here that ANA was constructive 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 method too lengthy for a weblog put up, so I wished to share a number of the issues I carried out and realized within the course of. I made a free obtain with 7 issues that helped me essentially the most, and the hyperlink to get a replica is right here. Simply add your e mail and every little thing can be despatched to you robotically.
Please remember the fact that this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this may supply some concepts or help for those who’re in the identical boat. It’s additionally to share some hope as a result of how issues are *now* may not be everlasting. Healing 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