how I overcame autoimmune struggles

Sharing among 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 mates! 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 have a good time Liv’s bday. I’ll share the adventures over on IG stories! The children 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 yr symptom-free and

– one yr of destructive Lupus markers

how I overcame autoimmune struggles

My foremost 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 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 a variety 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 somewhat over a yr in the past. We had seen The Nutcracker as a household – one in all our favourite traditions – and I may really feel my eyes flaring throughout the show. Swiftly, they had 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 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 dissatisfied by the outcomes, they made sense to me.

She referred me to rheumatology, however since my signs had been manageable, and I’d been coping with them for a couple of yr at that time, I actually wished 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 purpose 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 purposeful labs on myself, altering my food regimen, and specializing in my nervous system had 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 a lot better, and my Lupus markers were negative. Final week, throughout my annual bloodwork, each markers had 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’ll be able to see right here that ANA was constructive in July, and destructive in December!)

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

And destructive dsDNA twice in a row, too. Wahoo!!!

It’s means too lengthy for a weblog put up, so I wished to share among 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 every part can be despatched to you mechanically.

Please remember that this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this may supply some concepts or help in case 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 laborious to see that within the second. <3

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Sending numerous like to you.

xo

Gina