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 an exquisite morning up to now. 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 fun 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. Approach 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 large milestones:
– one 12 months symptom-free and
– one 12 months of detrimental Lupus markers
how I overcame autoimmune struggles
My essential 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 generally – 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 a variety of grief. I’ve completed fairly a couple of 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 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 may really feel my eyes flaring in the course of the show. Swiftly, they had 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 all the things got here again *regular,* besides for 2 Lupus markers. When one is constructive, there’s an opportunity that you’ve Lupus, however when two are constructive, it’s an excellent likelihood that you’ve 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 12 months 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 aim was to find my deficiencies and toxicities so I may deliver all the things again to steadiness.
How I overcame autoimmune struggles
I made substantial modifications in my life. Operating useful labs on myself, altering my weight-reduction 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 detrimental. Final week, throughout my annual bloodwork, each markers had been detrimental 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 constructive in July, and detrimental in December!)
And detrimental once more this previous week once we examined once more:
And detrimental dsDNA twice in a row, too. Wahoo!!!
It’s method 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 essentially the most, and the hyperlink to get a duplicate is right here. Merely add your e-mail and all the things will likely be despatched to you mechanically.
Please remember that this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this may 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* won’t be everlasting. Therapeutic is feasible, and it may be arduous to see that within the second. <3
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Sending a lot of like to you.
xo
Gina