how I overcame autoimmune struggles

Sharing a number of the particulars on how I overcame my autoimmune struggles, introduced steadiness 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 to this point. 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 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. Approach 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 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 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 number of grief. I’ve done quite a few blog posts about the eye saga, nevertheless it 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 – certainly one of our favourite traditions – and I might 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 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 all the things got here again *regular,* besides for 2 Lupus markers. When one is constructive, there’s an opportunity that you’ve Lupus, however when two are constructive, it’s an excellent probability that you’ve 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 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 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 expertise to work. The objective was to find my deficiencies and toxicities so I might convey all the things again to steadiness.

How I overcame autoimmune struggles

I made substantial adjustments in my life. Working useful labs on myself, altering my weight loss 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 a lot 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, nevertheless it was an enormous sigh of reduction.

(You possibly can see right here that ANA was constructive 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 applied 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 all the things will likely be despatched to you mechanically.

Please remember the fact 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

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Sending a lot of like to you.

xo

Gina