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. Download the free ebook here.

Hello associates! How are you? I hope you’re having a beautiful 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 fun Liv’s bday. I’ll share the adventures over on IG stories! The children have been asking for occasions or journeys as an alternative 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 predominant 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 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 variety of grief. I’ve done quite a few blog posts about the eye saga, nevertheless it 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 – one in all our favourite traditions – and I might really feel my eyes flaring through the show. Unexpectedly, they have been burning, itchy, and neon crimson. 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 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 probability that you’ve got Lupus. Whereas I used to be disenchanted 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 yr 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 certified IHP Level 2, so I put my new abilities to work. The aim was to find my deficiencies and toxicities so I might convey all the things again to stability.

How I overcame autoimmune struggles

I made substantial adjustments in my life. Working practical labs on myself, altering my weight loss plan, 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 were negative. Final week, throughout my annual bloodwork, each markers have 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, nevertheless it was an enormous sigh of aid.

(You possibly can 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 means too lengthy for a weblog put up, 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 essentially the most, and the link to get a copy is here. Merely add your e-mail and all the things can be despatched to you routinely.

Please understand that this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this could 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 laborious to see that within the second. <3

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Sending numerous like to you.

xo

Gina