how I overcame autoimmune struggles

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 book right here.

Hello buddies! How are you? I hope you’re having an exquisite morning thus far. I’ve a day stacked with shopper 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 youngsters 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 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 big milestones:

– one 12 months symptom-free and

– one 12 months of damaging 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 typically – 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 notably intense, I felt like I wanted to sleep the remainder of the day. My eyes additionally gave me a whole lot of 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 all 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 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 part 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 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 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 expertise to work. The aim was to find my deficiencies and toxicities so I might deliver every part again to stability.

How I overcame autoimmune struggles

I made substantial modifications in my life. Working purposeful labs on myself, altering my weight loss program, 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 significantly 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, however it was an enormous sigh of reduction.

(You may see right here that ANA was optimistic 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 method 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 will likely be despatched to you robotically.

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 arduous to see that within the second. <3

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Sending numerous like to you.

xo

Gina