Autoimmune Roots

Category: My Roots

  • 5-day Fast and Elimination Diet

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    I did not plan before starting my 5-day fast and elimination diet. For several years I have been researching Functional Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Nutritionists and any natural holistic approach to healing. I was at the end of my rope and none of my traditional doctors could provide any answers. I was still on anti-virals, felt…

  • Disseminated Zoster and Shingrex

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    Symptoms My year with Disseminated Zoster ended with the Shingrex vaccine and a diet that is changing my life. Disseminated Zoster is the shingles virus but instead of following a single nerve, it is systemic, all over the body. Thyroid Symptoms In January 2019 my left thyroid gland was tender to the touch. By the…

  • Progression of my Autoimmune Disease

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    Progression of Symptoms of Autoimmune Disease from Childhood to Present The following is a concise list of symptoms experienced throughout my life. Many of these symptoms should have been flags to consider an autoimmune disease but no one was thinking along those lines at the time. I have a hypothesis that sugar, gluten, alcohol and…

  • Surgery and the Effect on Inflammation

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    Two Foot Surgeries, Gut Health and the Effect on Inflammation Two significant foot surgeries (lapidus procedure on both feet) that each required 3 months of recovery consumed 2018. The decision to have surgery was difficult because I wanted to be sure my pain was not simply a part of psoriatic arthritis. I did significant testing in…

  • My Family History of Autoimmune Disease

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    My Family History of Autoimmune Disease My awareness of my family history of autoimmune disease is a recent development. I grew up in a small town very close to my grandparents, actively involved in their day to day lives, and very aware of their gradual health decline. I see so many symptoms that developed over their…

  • What everyone wrote off as MENOPAUSE was PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS

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    From Injury to Psoriatic Arthritis This is part 4 of the narrative of my disease development from childhood, young adult and middle age. A list of my symptoms over that time frame and where I fit in the multigenerational family history of this disease. The Injury I was never a runner. It made my feet…

  • What I thought was NORMAL was PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS

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    Middle Age This is part 3 of the narrative around my disease development. Links to my childhood, young adult, and disease development during menopause as well as a bullet list of the disease progression and where I fall in the generational family history of this disease. Psoriasis It wasn’t until I saw a new dermatologist in 2011…

  • The Story around my early Disease

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    The Story around the origins of my Psoriatic Arthritis This is part 2 of the narrative of my disease development from childhood, through motherhood, middle age, and menopause. I’ve created a bulleted a list of the disease progression and a family tree of the generations of disease in my family. Motherhood & Faith My twins were…

  • My Childhood

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    This is part 1 of the narrative of my disease development through young adulthood, middle age, and menopause.  I’ve also developed a bulleted list of the disease progression over time and a family tree of the generations of this disease in my family. Childhood My childhood was ideal by many measures. I grew up on…