Sharing a number 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 thus far. 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 an alternative of birthday events and I’m into it. Means 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 12 months symptom-free and
– one 12 months of detrimental Lupus markers
how I overcame autoimmune struggles
My most important signs
Just 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 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 completed fairly a number 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 12 months in the past. We had seen The Nutcracker as a household – considered one of our favourite traditions – and I might really feel my eyes flaring in the course of the show. Swiftly, they have 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 might 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 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 couple of 12 months at that time, I actually needed to do some digging and see if I might heal myself.
Whereas I’d had some potential diagnoses from my PCP and my dry eye specialist, nobody might 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 abilities to work. The objective was to find my deficiencies and toxicities so I might deliver all the things again to steadiness.
How I overcame autoimmune struggles
I made substantial modifications in my life. Working useful labs on myself, altering my food regimen, 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 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’ll be able to see right here that ANA was optimistic 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 approach too lengthy for a weblog submit, so I needed to share a number of 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 electronic mail and all the things can be despatched to you routinely.
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 should 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 laborious to see that within the second. <3
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Sending a number of like to you.
xo
Gina
