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 associates! How are you? I hope you’re having a beautiful morning to date. I’ve a day stacked with consumer calls and am trying 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 stories! The youngsters have been asking for occasions or journeys as an alternative 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 large milestones:

– one yr symptom-free and

– one yr of destructive Lupus markers

how I overcame autoimmune struggles

My major 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 typically – 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 a number 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 little bit over a yr in the past. We had seen The Nutcracker as a household – considered one of our favourite traditions – and I might really feel my eyes flaring in the course of the show. Abruptly, 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 little thing got here again *regular,* besides for 2 Lupus markers. When one is constructive, there’s an opportunity that you’ve got Lupus, however when two are constructive, it’s an excellent probability that you’ve got Lupus. Whereas I used to be upset 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 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 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 objective was to find my deficiencies and toxicities so I might convey every little thing again to stability.

How I overcame autoimmune struggles

I made substantial modifications in my life. Working practical 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 vitality 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 destructive 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 yr, but it surely was an enormous sigh of reduction.

(You possibly can see right here that ANA was constructive in July, and destructive in December!)

And destructive once more this previous week after we examined once more:

And destructive 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 discovered 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 every little thing will probably be despatched to you robotically.

Please needless to say this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this will 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* won’t be everlasting. Therapeutic is feasible, and it may be exhausting to see that within the second. <3

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Sending numerous like to you.

xo

Gina