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. Download the free ebook here.

Hello buddies! How are you? I hope you’re having an exquisite morning to this point. 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 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 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 detrimental Lupus markers

how I overcame autoimmune struggles

My important 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 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 loads of grief. I’ve done quite a few blog posts about the eye saga, but it surely ended up being blepharitis, Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, and dry eye.

My final eye flare was a bit of over a yr 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 through the show. Impulsively, 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 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 optimistic, there’s an opportunity that you’ve Lupus, however when two are optimistic, it’s an excellent probability that you’ve 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 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 certified IHP Level 2, so I put my new abilities to work. The aim was to find my deficiencies and toxicities so I may convey every part again to stability.

How I overcame autoimmune struggles

I made substantial adjustments in my life. Working practical labs on myself, altering my food 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 a lot better, and my Lupus markers were negative. Final week, throughout my annual bloodwork, each markers have been detrimental 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, but it surely was an enormous sigh of aid.

(You may 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 put up, so I needed to share a few of the issues I carried out and discovered within the course of. I made a free obtain with 7 issues that helped me probably the most, and the link to get a copy is here. Merely add your e mail and every part can be despatched to you robotically.

Please remember that this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this could supply some concepts or assist when 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 arduous to see that within the second. <3

Download the free ebook here.

Sending plenty of like to you.

xo

Gina