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 pals! How are you? I hope you’re having a beautiful morning thus far. I’ve a day stacked with shopper 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 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 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 large milestones:

– one yr symptom-free and

– one yr of unfavourable Lupus markers

how I overcame autoimmune struggles

My most important 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 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 numerous 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 over a yr in the past. We had seen The Nutcracker as a household – one in every of our favourite traditions – and I might really feel my eyes flaring in the course of the show. Hastily, they had 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 likelihood 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 had been manageable, and I’d been coping with them for a few yr at that time, I actually wished 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 carry every part again to stability.

How I overcame autoimmune struggles

I made substantial adjustments in my life. Working purposeful labs on myself, altering my eating 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 significantly better, and my Lupus markers were negative. Final week, throughout my annual bloodwork, each markers had been unfavourable 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 unfavourable in December!)

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

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

It’s means too lengthy for a weblog submit, so I wished to share a few of the issues I applied and realized 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 will probably be despatched to you routinely.

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

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Sending plenty of like to you.

xo

Gina