by Jamie Holloway | May 31, 2022 | Auto-immune, Products I Love, The Magnificent Journey
Here are all the things I used this month. I tried a couple of new protein products to get more protein into my eating plan. I have been dealing with low and high blood sugar issues because of the Prednisone, so I have been finding creative ways to keep them up....
by Jamie Holloway | May 14, 2022 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I wrote the following yesterday morning before I went in for my surgery. I woke up with a bad feeling in my gut about my surgery. I never had that before. I have had powerful dreams about my surgeries, but never not one telling me that I should not get it done. It was...
by Jamie Holloway | May 10, 2022 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I am writing! The day after receiving my first chemotherapy infusion of Rituximab in a year. I had to stop this medication in order to receive the Coved-19 vaccine so that I would not be affected by it. Did not turn out so well for me. No matter what I chose. I could...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 31, 2021 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I am having a hard time fathoming that this is the last month of the year. That in a few short weeks will be the end of 2021. It is time for me to review my year. I chose the word Intentional. I chose the word intentional because my heart hurt after all the election...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 29, 2021 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Wow, the week sure flew by, didn’t it? Right now, I am sitting on my bed with my Unhide fuzzy blanket while listening to Joyce Meyer’s podcast. I am still struggling with breathing. My oxygen levels are low when I am not on oxygen. When I take it off to go to...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 22, 2021 | Auto-immune, Supporting Each Other, The Magnificent Journey
“You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” Louise Hay I feel so behind on my personal blogging that I decided to start over. Starting over means starting at a where I am at, at this...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 4, 2021 | Auto-immune, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
January went fast, didn’t it? In January I started my focus on the fruits of the spirit, I chose peace as first one. February I am choosing love. A verse caught my eye while I was reading in devotionals “There is no fear in love. Perfect love drives out fear because...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 30, 2020 | Auto-immune, Products I Love, The Magnificent Journey
Warning: I am not a medical professional and if you want to take this type of medication, I recommend you discuss this with your doctor before trying it. I live several chronic illness’ and a trach tube where I have to have a large volume nebulizer compressor...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 24, 2020 | Auto-immune, Products I Love, The Magnificent Journey
Here is a fact about myself that not many realize about me. I cannot smell. The reason I cannot smell is due to my trach tube. The trach tube cuts off my nose from working, so my nose and all that it does is not working. Every so often I can smell and it is...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 23, 2020 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
It’s Sunday night, I’m sitting on my bed with my boy Nicholas listening to nature sounds on IHeart Radio. Right now ocean waves are playing on my stereo system and I love it. I miss the ocean. I can imagine myself sitting on the warm sand with my toes buried...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 17, 2019 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
The last couple of months I have been struggling with what’s the point of dealing day in and day out with my illness, with my trach tube, with going towards bariatric surgery, and I have felt disappointment and overwhelmed by all that these three...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 9, 2019 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Warmth, the cold morning air in my apartment allows me to climb into my bed with my soft plush blankets and my cat as I type. February, I made the decision to lament. I read a book called The Loud Sound about grieving and allowing yourself to lament that I was...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 22, 2019 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
It’s one of those nights when sleep does not come. There are many reasons sleep does not come easy for me, these includes, the large volume nebulizer that sits right next to my bed that I have to wear all night long and sounds like a large compressor by...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 29, 2019 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Lamenting does not come easy for me. I had a hard time starting Aubrey Sampson’s book The Louder Song. I made a commitment to read it and review it, so I reluctantly read it. Now I know why, it isn’t because Sampson is a horrible writer, it was...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 24, 2019 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I remember a time when nothing on my body hurt. I remember a time when I could walk freely without feeling like I was going to fall over or that oxygen was limited. I remember a time when I could ride my bike, walk 3 miles without stopping, dance joyously, and talk...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 30, 2018 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, Exhilarating People, Products I Love, The Magnificent Journey
2018 is almost gone and it is time to start another year and set another intentional word for 2019. Reflection on my year of rebuilding is what is on my mind for this post. What have I learned, a lot. One, I give up too easily on myself. I have no...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 24, 2018 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Finally, it feels like I am making progress. In January, when I chose the word rebuild as my focus word for the year I didn’t realize all the challenges I would encounter. Those challenges include many thoughts of self-doubt, wondering if I am making the...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 17, 2018 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I have been living with my chronic conditions for ten years now. It’s been challenging, painful, scary, and enlightening sometimes all at the same time. While reading Lisa A. Sniderman’s E-Book A Light in the Darkness I felt like we are kindred spirits....
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 2, 2018 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
Eating well has always been a challenge for me. I have always fought weight issues and since I have some health challenges it is even more challenging. That is why I started getting interested in Keto and Paleo eating. Because I heard testimonies...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 31, 2018 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I have been chronically ill since 2009 and perhaps even before 2009. It’s been a long journey and I wish that there was Ilana Jacqueline’s book “Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness” way back then. Unfortunately, there wasn’t. I had to...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 26, 2018 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I’m sitting at my computer trying to find words to write. I have a lot to say, a lot of things have been changing medically to my body. Things that are ugly and chaotic. Things that hurt like hell. Things that make me question every decision I make towards wellness....
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 28, 2018 | Auto-immune, Supporting Each Other, The Magnificent Journey, Weight
In one of my last articles I wrote about What Are Ketones, what they are what their job is in our bodies. In this article I will tackle the subject of Ketoacidosis. Being a diabetic and deciding to do the Keto Eating Plan means I have to be keenly aware of where my...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 17, 2018 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I’ve been stuck in not knowing what to write about, so I haven’t written anything but book reviews. A lot has happened in the last few months, I have started taking the nutrition classes that my insurance company requires me to take in order to get gastric bypass...
by Jamie Holloway | May 4, 2018 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
If you have been following my blog for awhile you know that my voice is important to me. With my trach and numerous tracheal dilation surgeries you know that I have lost my voice for periods of time. That is why when one afternoon I saw a great program on voice health...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 6, 2018 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
My focus word for 2018 is rebuild. I chose this word carefully. I have been dreaming for months of rebuilding things including a kitchen, my bathroom, and living room so I need God was speaking to my heart about reconstructing my life. Many times in the Bible God...
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