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 pals! How are you? I hope you’re having a beautiful morning to date. 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 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 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 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 nervousness and was drained typically – 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 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 among our favourite traditions – and I may really feel my eyes flaring through the show. Hastily, 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 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 the whole lot 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 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 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 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 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 aim was to find my deficiencies and toxicities so I may convey the whole lot again to stability.

How I overcame autoimmune struggles

I made substantial adjustments in my life. Operating purposeful labs on myself, altering my weight loss program, 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 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’ll be able to 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 means 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 probably the most, and the link to get a copy is here. Merely add your e-mail and the whole lot might be despatched to you robotically.

Please understand that this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this may provide 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 exhausting to see that within the second. <3

Download the free ebook here.

Sending plenty of like to you.

xo

Gina