by Jamie Holloway | Jul 7, 2026 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, Lung Transplant journey, The Magnificent Journey
Words have been difficult this week. Yet, here I am writing. Last week, after walking to the bathroom sink and sitting to take care of my trach tube and wash my face (this is a huge deal I will explain in a bit), I received a phone call from my lung surgeon Dr....
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 2, 2026 | Auto-immune, Lung Transplant journey, The Magnificent Journey
I am sitting here. Trying to focus on something other than medical issues and emotional upheaval. The increase of my rapid blood sugars causing me great concern reminds me that I have been through this before. It’s been years. I did this when I first was diagnosed...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 28, 2026 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, Lung Transplant journey, The Magnificent Journey
While admitted at OHSU I listened to the audiobook Broken Horse by Brandi Carlile. I purchased this book over a year ago and it took some time to actually listen to it. While coloring I listened to Carlile examine her life and what made her most creative self....
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 26, 2026 | Auto-immune, Lung Transplant journey, The Magnificent Journey
(I colored a good portion of this while at OHSU and the rest when I got home) I am home again. After a two week stay at OHSU. I experienced respiratory failure because my red blood cells were not getting any oxygen because I was not releasing the carbon...
by Jamie Holloway | May 1, 2026 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
My weight has been an issue for me my entire life. I remember being ten years old and doing a milk shake diet with my birth mom. It tasted nasty. My birth mom was obese too. I did countless diets, saw dieticians even at Shriners Hospital and had to follow this...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 11, 2026 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
One week has passed since I received the devastating news about my left lung. My upper left lung is collapsing just like my lower left lung did. The human body has two lungs, the right lung and the left lung. There are 2 lobes in the left lung and three in the right...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 27, 2026 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
February 18th is a trigger day for me. My abuser died that day. I lived with my abuser for 10 years. I was his verbal punching bag, his physical punching bag, his cook, his cleaner, and his work horse. He was physically disabled and I loved him and I wanted to help...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 23, 2026 | Auto-immune
Note: This article was originally published on WellnessWorksNW.com on 2/9/2026 I live with several chronic illnesses. Today I am will be sharing about living with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Keeping them straight with all the steps of the medical treatment and learning what...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 9, 2026 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
( (My writing buddy Nicholas Thriller Holloway) My writing has been inconsistent the last year. My inspiration for writing and researching and journaling has been lacking in my life. I miss you. I feel like a part of me is missing. My energy levels were...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 18, 2025 | Auto-immune, Supporting Each Other, The Magnificent Journey
I have been living with a damaged lung for three years. My lower left lung is collapsed and my upper left lung where my windpipe meets the lung is narrowing just like my trachea has been for the last 16 years. With my trachea, my ENT and I have been...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 27, 2025 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
The voice, a powerful instrument that is used to get your thoughts, your emotions, your opinions, and most important to express who you are to everyone. What happens when you lose the capability to talk? What happens when your voice becomes weak and not able to...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 14, 2025 | Auto-immune, Supporting Each Other
I have been on respite from blogging. I didn’t plan it. It just happened. Two years ago, as I have written before, I had sepsis from an infection from a wound on my leg. Two years is what it took for my leg wound to heal. I still have three small spots healing...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 12, 2025 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Caregiving is an intimate job, especially when it involves a family member or close friend. I was a caregiver for ten years for someone that I love. One of my older sisters was one for our mom until she passed away in October. It is intimidating, challenging,...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 30, 2024 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, Products I Love, Supporting Each Other, The Magnificent Journey
Currently writing this post on Christmas Day! I am alone. Like I always am. I have gotten used to this new way of living. Since being chronically ill I have learned to live alone and do things alone. I am not happy about it. However, I...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 25, 2024 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I am writing this on October 25, 2025. It is 12:05 in the morning. I just got the message from my sister that my mom passed away and went home to be with Jesus and my dad. My emotions are irrational, and all over the place. The younger Jamie is having a fit and...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 18, 2023 | Auto-immune, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
I have been lazy this year with my blog in just doing book reviews and not writing much on my journey with healing from Sepsis and relearning my life and routines and making new life habits for myself. I will start with the one good thing that I am happy about. I have...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 21, 2023 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Longevity is something I have been contemplating on for a long, long time. Most people think it means to live forever. It does not. It means leaving as well as possible with what you have. That means in whatever health state I am in. It is possible. Outlive is a great...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 4, 2022 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I love the season fall. The crisp air in the morning, the rain, the changing leaves, and the coolness in the air. I breathe better. I feel better in the fall and spring. Winter and Summer do not bring out the best in me. I did not write about my goals for September,...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 27, 2022 | Auto-immune, Supporting Each Other, The Magnificent Journey, Weight
According to Webster-Merriam dictionary the definition of acceptance being approved and also agreeing with things. I have been mulling over this definition and also why the word ACCEPTANCE triggers me. Here is what I have come up with. My entire life I have not been...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 19, 2022 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Healing is the name of the game for me this week. It has been one week since I had my third surgery in my lungs in a month period of time. I am breathing well. I can feel the stint sometimes when I move. It feels strange, but somehow it feels comforting at the same...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 10, 2022 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Nine days into September and I am late with my monthly post. I am moving slow. I have had three surgeries between my trachea and lungs this month. From August 10th my first surgery, August 25th, and yesterday on the 8th. I am not done yet. I have surgery in...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 1, 2022 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Finally, after weeks of not having a quiet moment to myself I finally have some time to reflect and think about what happened in August. It has been a whirlwind, a tornado, an earth quick. It has been overwhelming, maddening, depressing, and hopeful all wrapped into...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 6, 2022 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I am familiar with grieving. I started the grieving process when my birth mom passed away when I was 13 years old. Then a lot of deeply traumatic changes started happening in my life and it has not changed since then. So when I offered a chance to read Rachel...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 1, 2022 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Happy Independence! With the way things have been going on with the Supreme Court ruling and other things it is hard to remember the good things about being an U.S. Citizen. I am choosing to remember the good things, while at the same time fighting for my rights as a...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 29, 2022 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
Sadly, I did not meet up too many of the goals I set for June. A lot of things are going on in my life medically that have left me feeling overwhelmed and I have chosen to rest. So I will update you on some of the changes medically that are happening. I am still...
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