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 associates! How are you? I hope you’re having an exquisite morning up to now. 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 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 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 enormous milestones:

– one 12 months symptom-free and

– one 12 months of unfavorable 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 get better 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 a number 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 just a little over a 12 months in the past. We had seen The Nutcracker as a household – considered one of our favourite traditions – and I might really feel my eyes flaring throughout the show. Impulsively, they have 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 the whole lot 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 likelihood 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 have been manageable, and I’d been coping with them for a couple of 12 months 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 expertise to work. The objective was to find my deficiencies and toxicities so I might carry the whole lot again to steadiness.

How I overcame autoimmune struggles

I made substantial modifications in my life. Operating practical labs on myself, altering my food plan, 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 unfavorable 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 12 months, but it surely was an enormous sigh of aid.

(You may see right here that ANA was constructive in July, and unfavorable in December!)

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

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

It’s manner too lengthy for a weblog publish, so I wished to share a number of the issues I applied and discovered 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 shall be despatched to you mechanically.

Please take into account that this isn’t medical recommendation. I’m simply sharing my expertise and hope this may provide some concepts or assist should 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 arduous to see that within the second. <3

Download the free ebook here.

Sending a lot of like to you.

xo

Gina