This is my journey to discover my autoimmune roots and how I am adapting my lifestyle to overcome my autoimmune diseases from 2016 to the present. This is a very personal and lonely journey. Who is on a similar journey? What would be helpful for me to share? Thank you for joining me on my autoimmune roots journey!
Click through “My Roots” menu to read about my family history with autoimmune disease, primarily psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis but also an aunt with MS and an aunt who died of lymphoma.
Things got serious when I developed disseminated zoster in 2019 probably caused by the biologic Taltz.
I broke the virus by doing a 5-day fast and food elimination protocol. I knew I had gut issue and had already tried several elimination protocols like Whole 30, an Autoimmune Paleo Diet, and a DIY approach based on a few books.
I have kept meticulous food, exercise, symptom, supplement and disease flare logs since then. The logs help me connect the dots and slowly improve my health. My goal is to find a way to keep my psoriatic arthritis tamped down enough to live pain free but without virus flares because of the biologic immune suppressing drugs. Here are my most recent logs that I update. Older logs can be found under the menus above.