How I Overcame My Struggle with Autoimmunity

Sharing some details about how I overcame my autoimmune struggles, got my body into balance, and am now symptom-free. Download your free e-book here.

Hi friends! Are you OK? I hope you’ve had a great morning so far. I had been fielding a lot of calls from clients throughout the day and was looking forward to an adventure with my family – we were going to Disney for a long weekend to celebrate Liv’s birthday. I will share my adventures IG story! The kids keep asking for activities or trips instead of birthday parties, which I love. Less stress around and more fun.

I usually feel weird about celebrating personal things – for example, I never tell anyone it’s my birthday, haha ​​- but this month I’m celebrating two milestones and embracing every part of these huge milestones:

– Symptom-free for one year and

– Lupus marker negative for one year

How I Overcame My Struggle with Autoimmunity

my main symptoms

Just under two years ago something strange happened with my health. I went from feeling “okay”—I still occasionally felt anxious and sometimes tired—to dealing with mysterious rashes, histamine issues, joint pain, and extreme fatigue. I can’t recover from exercise, and if I do something particularly strenuous, I feel like I need to sleep for the rest of the day. My eyes also give me a lot of sadness. I’ve written a lot of blog posts about eye lore, but ultimately it’s blepharitis, meibomian gland dysfunction, and dry eye.

The last time my eyes lit up was over a year ago. we have met before nutcracker As a family – this is one of our favorite traditions – I could feel my eyes twinkling during the show. Suddenly, they become hot, itchy, and neon red. As soon as the event ended, we rushed to Walgreens to buy Claritin—which I knew then was part of the histamine response—and get out the contacts so I could wear my glasses. I’m doing much better, but still have frequent eye flashes.

That was my last time.

My Autoimmune Story and Lupus Markers

Two summers ago my PCP helped me get some blood work done and everything came back *normal* except for two lupus markers. When one is positive, you likely have lupus, but when two are positive, you most likely have lupus. While I’m disappointed with the results, they make sense to me.

She recommended I see a rheumatologist, but since my symptoms were manageable and I had been dealing with them for about a year at the time, I really wanted to do some digging to see if I could cure myself.

Although my PCP and dry eye specialist gave me some potential diagnoses, No one can tell me why this is happening. I knew my body was crying for help, that something was causing the inflammation, and I was determined to find out. I am Newly certified IHP Level 2, So I put my new skills to work. My goal is to discover my flaws and toxicities so I can bring everything back into balance.

How I Overcame My Autoimmune Struggle

My life has changed significantly. Doing functional labs on myself, changing my diet, paying attention to my nervous system have all been game changers. Over time, my autoimmune and histamine issues disappeared, my eyes no longer bothered me, and my energy and focus returned.

By December of last year, I was feeling better and my lupus markers were negative. Last week, at my annual blood test, two markers came back negative again—a huge relief and testament to the progress I’ve made. To be honest, I was nervous when I got the results because I had been feeling so good for the past year, but it was also a relief.

(You can see here that ANA was positive in July and negative in December!)

Last week we tested again and it came back negative again:

Moreover, the double-stranded DNA test was negative twice in a row. Wow!

It’s too long for a blog post, so I wanted to share some of the things I realized and learned along the way. I downloaded 7 of the things that helped me the most for free and Link to get a copy is here. Just add your email and everything will be sent to you automatically.

Please remember, this is not medical advice. I’m just sharing my experience in the hope this can provide you with some ideas or support if you’re in the same boat. It’s also about sharing some hope that the situation “now” may not be permanent. A cure is possible, but it’s hard to see right now. <3

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Sending you lots of love.

Western Europe

Gina