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 buddies! How are you? I hope you’re having an exquisite morning up to now. 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. Method 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 large milestones:
– one 12 months symptom-free and
– one 12 months of adverse Lupus markers
how I overcame autoimmune struggles
My primary 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 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 numerous grief. I’ve finished fairly just a few weblog posts concerning the eye saga, however it ended up being blepharitis, Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, and dry eye.
My final eye flare was slightly over a 12 months in the past. We had seen The Nutcracker as a household – one in every of our favourite traditions – and I may really feel my eyes flaring in the course of the show. Impulsively, 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 optimistic, there’s an opportunity that you’ve got Lupus, however when two are optimistic, it’s an excellent likelihood that you’ve got Lupus. Whereas I used to be upset by the outcomes, they made sense to me.
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She referred me to rheumatology, however since my signs had been manageable, and I’d been coping with them for a few 12 months at that time, I actually wished 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 Degree 2, so I put my new expertise to work. The aim was to find my deficiencies and toxicities so I may convey all the things again to steadiness.
How I overcame autoimmune struggles
I made substantial adjustments in my life. Operating purposeful 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 vitality and focus returned.
By final December, I felt a lot better, and my Lupus markers had been adverse. Final week, throughout my annual bloodwork, each markers had been adverse 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, however it was an enormous sigh of reduction.
(You may see right here that ANA was optimistic in July, and adverse in December!)
And adverse once more this previous week once we examined once more:
And adverse dsDNA twice in a row, too. Wahoo!!!
It’s approach too lengthy for a weblog submit, so I wished 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 replica is right here. Merely add your e-mail and all the things shall be despatched to you routinely.
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Please take into account that this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this could 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* 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 number of like to you.
xo
Gina
