Sharing among 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 associates! How are you? I hope you’re having an exquisite morning to this point. I’ve a day stacked with consumer calls and am wanting 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 damaging Lupus markers
how I overcame autoimmune struggles
My principal 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 recuperate 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 performed fairly a couple of weblog posts concerning the eye saga, but it surely ended up being blepharitis, Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, and dry eye.
My final eye flare was a little bit over a yr 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 through the show. Hastily, they had 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 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 every thing 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 probability 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 yr at that time, I actually wished 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 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 Degree 2, so I put my new abilities to work. The purpose was to find my deficiencies and toxicities so I might convey every thing again to stability.
How I overcame autoimmune struggles
I made substantial modifications in my life. Operating practical 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 damaging. Final week, throughout my annual bloodwork, each markers had been damaging 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, but it surely was an enormous sigh of aid.
(You may see right here that ANA was constructive in July, and damaging in December!)
And damaging once more this previous week once we examined once more:
And damaging dsDNA twice in a row, too. Wahoo!!!
It’s approach too lengthy for a weblog publish, so I wished to share among the issues I applied 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 every thing might be despatched to you robotically.
Please understand that this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this could provide 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* won’t be everlasting. Therapeutic is feasible, and it may be onerous to see that within the second. <3
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Sending a lot of like to you.
xo
Gina
