by Jamie Holloway | Apr 21, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Today’s prompt: It’s the worst. That feeling when nothing seems to be going right for you and you’re not sure when things will turn around. The dreaded, burnout. What does it feel like? What are your burnout triggers? I want to be negative when I...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 28, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
The obstacles in my life are happening so that something can be born perfectly. What am I birthing? What has this long journey been showing me? While I have been painfully crawling through the gunk of my life I have been show these things. I am strong. I am...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 14, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Two weeks down and six weeks to go for my pulmonary rehabilitation and progress are being made just in the three days I have gone. I go two days a week. I woke up Wednesday morning with a fever and dizziness due to my taking of Ciprofloxacin. This medication is...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 9, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I found out on Friday that the pulmonary rehab is already showing signs of improvement in my movement health. While walking the long corridor towards my doctor’s office my heart rate did not go up to 183 or higher like usual. It only reached 156. Yes, it was...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 6, 2013 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I ordered a four pack of notebooks because with my new regiment I have to keep an exercise log. I found these gorgeous notebooks on Amazon.com. Having something pretty to write in will encourage me to keep up with my new way of doing things. Tuesday I did two...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 4, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
For the last 3 to 4 days I have been fighting a bout of insomnia, causing me not to want to do my rehab on Monday. I hate when this happens. This woman loves her sleep and she does not feel like herself without it. Despite feeling this way I went ahead and...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 3, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
“I will point out the road that you should follow, I will be your teacher and watch over you. Don’t be stupid like horses and mules that must be led with ropes to make them obey.” Psalms 32:8-11 I am the most stubborn woman. It takes me a long time to make a decision...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 28, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Today is Rare Disease Day. There are over 7,000 rare diseases and I have one of them. All of the diseases are different, but the one thing that is the same is that it affects people no matter what your race or religion is. The effects of being ill often times...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 27, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Yep, another post about my new exercise program pulmonary rehab. I started reading the booklet this evening, after I took a two hour nap and took a soak in the bathtub to help my legs feel better. I am also having a flare-up this week. My wrist, middle finger on my...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 26, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I started my pulmonary rehab this morning. I am sore. I had to walk for 6 minutes, thankfully I was allowed to stop and take breaks. One thing I found out about myself is that I know how to listen to my body. I wasn’t out of breath, but my heart was racing...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 8, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Happy Friday! Yesterday I went and saw a Pulmonologist about getting me into pulmonary rehabilitation. Dr. Coates said that this type of rehabilitation is for people who suffer from COPD, which I do not have, thank you God. My lungs are healthy, but the airway that...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 3, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Never affirm or repeat about your health what you do not wish to be true. Ralph Waldo Trine I sometimes get so aggravated by comments or thoughts from people. The question isn’t it limiting or it would be limiting to somehow set me off on a rampage of wanting to...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 31, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I have had the tune “Getting To Know You” from the Yul Brenner’s movie “The King and I” with Maureen O’Hara from the late 50’s early 60’s stuck in my head. I am getting to know my stomach again. I used to know my stomach well, but that all changed when I had my...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 30, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I got all my staples out of my belly. I am so happy, I feel like doing a belly dance, but I will spare you the visual image of me swinging my belly back and forth in excitement. Yes, I hurt, the staples make the wounds hurt worse and now I have a bandage on all 6...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 27, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Yesterday I spent the entire day relaxing in order for my body to heal. I also took a water pill and been peeing a lot in order to get the water retention gone from my body. I see the evidence in my right foot and I hate seeing my foot swollen. It is ugly. I retain...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 19, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Yesterday was a challenging day, actually the whole week was. Every single day I had something to do and even today I have something to do. I am tired, but I feel good at the same time about what I am accomplishing. It is a bit of a contradiction, but sometimes things...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 16, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I am in Longview. I got here yesterday evening after my doctor appointment. I got my heart results. The good news, my heart is healthy, the correct size, the valves are open, and I am pumping correctly. The heart rate going up while I am walking around is due to my...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 5, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
“You have to be willing to consider that, regardless of the trauma, there is a divine purpose that moves in tandem with every even in your life, painful and joyful.” Carolyn Myss I would love to be assured that the trauma’s that I have suffered in the last four years...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 4, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Another mile stone that is happening on my journey is that I can now put my Jaxton trach into the stoma without needing the mirror to guide me. I also learned the value of lube in making sliding the sucker in easier for me. Considering that I have had my trach or some...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 1, 2013 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I took a break from blogging on the last day of the year. I wanted to spend time with my longtime friend whose birthday it was. We first celebrated by driving in the snow to Ridgefield, Washington to Myrtle’s Tea House. What a beautiful service they provide and...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 29, 2012 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
As I flipped my mattress on my bed I realized that I just did too much. Strange how something so simple can cause me to get so out of breathe that I have to sit down and rest. Thankfully my caregiver was here. I like the fact that he allows me to try to be independent...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 27, 2012 | Auto-immune, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
I started a big project to coincide with my myfitnesspal. I have a pininterest account and I have been spending the last year pinning healthy recipes that I find from Oprah, WebMD, and Eat Better America on my board called Good Eats. I have also pinned from other...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 24, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Walking down the hallway towards the rec room I felt my body communicating its struggle to breathe, heart racing, difficulty in getting oxygen in the lungs as I moved my body, and a slower than usual pace all leads me to the conclusion that my inflammation is back...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 21, 2012 | Auto-immune, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
“You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered down, occasional hope that you’ll get to tomorrow. I intend to start exercising. I intend to get my desk in order; I intend to change my eating habits. Intention without...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 20, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Wednesday morning I went to the Legacy Good Samaritan to get an Echo Cardiogram done of my heart. I got to see and hear my own heart, what an experience that was. I woke up with not wanting to get up. I wanted to stay curled up in my bed sleeping with my cat. I forced...
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