Sharing a number of 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 pals! How are you? I hope you’re having a beautiful morning up to now. I’ve a day stacked with consumer 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 children have been asking for occasions or journeys as a substitute 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 large milestones:
– one 12 months symptom-free and
– one 12 months of damaging Lupus markers
how I overcame autoimmune struggles
My predominant 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 lots of grief. I’ve finished 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 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. Abruptly, 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 every part 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 dissatisfied 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 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 every part again to stability.
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 damaging. Final week, throughout my annual bloodwork, each markers have 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 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 manner too lengthy for a weblog publish, so I needed 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 probably the most, and the hyperlink to get a replica is right here. Merely add your e mail and every part shall be despatched to you mechanically.
Please needless to say this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this could provide some concepts or assist in case 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.
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Sending a lot of like to you.
xo
Gina
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