by Jamie Holloway | Apr 29, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Alternative medicine is something that I have been interested in for a long time. In fact, if I had money I would get a massage, cranial therapy, and a few other therapies. Insurance does not cover things like that so I do what I can with little funds that I...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 26, 2014 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey, Weight
Can you believe this is the last week in April? Spring definitely is here. I love spring. Yes, it is that fabulous time of the week where I update you on my progress what I am rocking and what I am not. Every I am doing well this week. I have been doing the exercises...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 25, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Let me say that I drooled big time while I was reading through David Lebovitz book “My Paris Kitchen”. I would love to have the experience of living in Paris, walking the streets, talking to the food vendors on the cobble roads, and eating all those yummy...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 23, 2014 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey, Weight
Lately I have been rethinking my life and the goals towards my health that I want to accomplish. A big part of me wants to jump in and get started and kick it in the butt. Then there is the wise side of me that knows that jumping right in and not taking it slow...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 23, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Reading “Change Your Mind Heal Your Body” by Anna Parkinson was like reading my own journey through my own illness. No I don’t have a tumor in my brain. What I do have is an inflammation disease the closes off my throat and with having about 40 surgeries in the...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 22, 2014 | Auto-immune, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey, Weight
When I went to Gateway Produce here in Vancouver Washington I saw spaghetti squash for a great price. They were .49 a pound, so I bought two. I am sure you, like me have heard that spaghetti squash is a good replacement for pasta. I have not tried it until now. I have...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 21, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. Me, I had a quiet one. I did end up cooking some yummy new dishes and I will be sharing my recipes and what I did with you sometime this week, so stay tuned. My progress this week went okay. Yes, I went...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 20, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I was excited when I got the chance to read Serena Dyer’s book “Don’t Die with Your Music Still in You”. In Dyer’s book she recounts her life with her father who happens to be Dr. Wayne Dyer and all the lessons she has learned on her own journey. Let me say...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 19, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Reading Hattie Kauffman’s book “Falling into Place” was like reading the story of my own life. The turbulent relationships with men, the dramatic family dynamics, and finding out that you are on the journey you are facing all seem so familiar. Kauffman recounts...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 18, 2014 | Auto-immune, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
I woke up yesterday on the wrong side of the bed. I didn’t want to do anything, but I had an appointment to go to physical therapy. I begrudgingly went. Mike gave me 4 new stretches to do on top of the ones he has given me before and he wants me to continue to ride...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 14, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
It is not often that I am mesmerized by a non-fiction book, but Gary Kaplan and Donna Beech’s book “Total Recovery” did capture my attention. My vasculitis disease is cause from inflammation. Inflammation is my enemy, though its design is to help in the healing...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 13, 2014 | Books/Music, Exhilarating People, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
I don’t usually ask my friends to do things. I usually go when they ask me, but when I saw “The Power of Yum! By Chef Rebecca Katz that Legacy and Moda Health were offering I knew I would be asking two of my dearest friends to go with me. I believe I surprised...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 9, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Reading “The Approval Fix” by Joyce Meyer was like stepping into a place that was familiar. You see once upon a time before I started on my healing journey I didn’t have the boundaries I needed in order to keep myself healthy and safe. I was a people pleaser. I...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 8, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey
Yesterday did not go the way I wanted it to go. I’m sad to report that I have to live with my trach for another 5 months in order to make certain I won’t need another trach down the line. I know Dr. H is being cautious, but I couldn’t help feeling...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 6, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey
I have a big day tomorrow. I will be heading up to Seattle to see my Otolaryngologist and possibly and it is a big possibility of getting my trach permanently removed. I have been dreaming about this day since the first day I had my trach surgically put in. Living...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 3, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Good day! Time for an update and I am feeling better about things. Physical therapy is amazing. I love it this time around. I don’t know if it is because I am changing my perspective or if I am just ready now and I wasn’t ready before. My PT therapist is amazing. I...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 2, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I was excited when I saw Julie Daniluk’s book “Slimming Meals that Heal” offered through Netgalley to read. Julie Daniluk is a nutritionist that offers help to patients like me who have an auto-immune disorder. She offer’s recipes, case studies, and all kinds...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 1, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Physical therapy wasn’t so bad. It went better than I expected. The atmosphere was not a bunch of elderly men and women on oxygen trying to breathe while moving their bodies. It was a bunch of men and women varying in age doing core, balance, and strength...
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