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 mates! How are you? I hope you’re having an exquisite 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 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 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 big milestones:

– one yr symptom-free and

– one yr of damaging Lupus markers

how I overcame autoimmune struggles

My foremost 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 generally – 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 lots 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 – one in every of our favourite traditions – and I may really feel my eyes flaring through the show. Swiftly, 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 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 little thing 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 disillusioned 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 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 expertise to work. The objective was to find my deficiencies and toxicities so I may carry every little thing again to stability.

How I overcame autoimmune struggles

I made substantial modifications in my life. Operating practical labs on myself, altering my weight-reduction plan, 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 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 had been damaging 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 may 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 approach too lengthy for a weblog publish, 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 electronic mail and every little thing will probably be despatched to you robotically.

Please remember the fact that this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this will supply some concepts or assist for those who’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 a number of like to you.

xo

Gina