how I overcame autoimmune struggles

Sharing a few 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 associates! How are you? I hope you’re having a beautiful morning to date. 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 children 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 large milestones:

– one 12 months symptom-free and

– one 12 months of detrimental Lupus markers

how I overcame autoimmune struggles

My important 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 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 plenty of grief. I’ve accomplished fairly a number 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 slightly over a 12 months in the past. We had seen The Nutcracker as a household – one among our favourite traditions – and I may really feel my eyes flaring throughout the show. Impulsively, 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 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 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 few 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 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 Degree 2, so I put my new abilities to work. The purpose was to find my deficiencies and toxicities so I may convey all the things again to stability.

How I overcame autoimmune struggles

I made substantial modifications in my life. Operating useful labs on myself, altering my eating 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, but it surely was an enormous sigh of reduction.

(You possibly can 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 few of the issues I applied and realized 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 robotically.

 

Please understand that this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this will supply some concepts or help in the event 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