by Jamie Holloway | May 26, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Being sick with a trach is a challenge. Since I am always coughing something up, taking the cannula out to clean out my debris then how do you know when you are sick? Let me tell you. Today, Friday I woke up coughing and having to use my suction machine more than once...
by Jamie Holloway | May 21, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey
Today is my thirty eighth birthday and yeah I am supposed to write an all happy post about how great it is to be thirty eight and be positive. If that is what you are wanting, then I will be disappointing you. I watched a movie starring Gordon Levitt Jr. called 50/50...
by Jamie Holloway | May 20, 2012 | Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
The other day my big sister Vickie and I were discussing recipes in how to make meatloaf. She was looking through her cookbooks. I have to confess that even though I enjoy cooking a lot, I do not own a lot of recipe/cook books. I hope to change that. Suddenly I...
by Jamie Holloway | May 19, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey
For my thirty eighth birthday I decided that I wanted to do a project that I saw posted on a blog called Fit And Free With Emily that I read about 101 things I want to accomplish in 1001 days. The last few days I have been working on my list. I gave it a lot of...
by Jamie Holloway | May 16, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Citizenship/Community always meant to be helping people succeed in their lives and to aide them in their own healing journey. Being someone who is ill, I have a chronic illness that makes my ability to help others more challenging than the average person, but I am...
by Jamie Holloway | May 14, 2012 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
After going to Seattle to get the results of my X-rays from my Rhematologist Dr. Gardner I have been having all these feelings running through my mind that make moving forward a difficult task for me at this present moment. What happened is I went to the doctor...
by Jamie Holloway | May 10, 2012 | Inspiring Nutrition
I know, I know today I was supposed to be writing about the fifth installment of my Values/Goals list. I have decided to take a break on that post and write about something else that’s been on my mind. Yesterday I went to see Dr. Ferdow’s my GI doctor to get the...
by Jamie Holloway | May 9, 2012 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I have some amazing friends, old, new, and just getting know friends that make me laugh until I double over from my stomach hurting, and who send me encouraging emails, Face book messages, IM’s, phone calls, and texts in order to see how I am doing and to check in...
by Jamie Holloway | May 8, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey
Family relationships are the topic for my post today. Yes, you guess it, the third installment of my assignment from my therapist. Being open, supportive, loyal is my definition of family. At least that is what I aspire to be as a sister, daughter, aunt, niece and...
by Jamie Holloway | May 7, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey
Today is the start of my spring fling with the Sits Girls social media. I have an awesome web mistress Summer, but I wanted to learn some things myself that is why I have decided to join the fling this year. It will be two weeks of learning marketing skills for my...
by Jamie Holloway | May 6, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey
Today I decided to do the second easy section of my assignment which concerns Health/Physical Well-being. I have spent years ruminating over my health, so it probably comes to no surprise to anyone that I have goals and it was easy for me. My value statement that I...
by Jamie Holloway | May 6, 2012 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Often time when I am resistance to doing something that is a key indication that God is telling me that I need to do the task. I am feeling that resistance this week, I better tell you what my assignment is so you can see why I am resisting. Over a week ago Timothy my...
by Jamie Holloway | May 3, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey
I am unable to sleep tonight. I have loads on my mind. The song Rabbit Heart by Florence and the Machine speaks to my heart tonight. Shall I start making the list of things that are on my mind tonight and make my heart race like a rabbit? Here I go: First on my mind...
by Jamie Holloway | May 1, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I love these videos, they share so much. Enjoy! Support Vasculitis research. The month of May is Vasculitis Awareness month. Vasculitis is the classification of 16 different diseases and I have one of them Granulomatos with Polygranitis (Wegener). If you have read my...
by Jamie Holloway | May 1, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Not Gonna Give In To It I am frustrated. My throat is constricting again from the damn disease that I have called GPA (Wegener’s). That means that soon I will be going into surgery yet again to get dilated so that I can breathe for a few months before I need it again....