by Jamie Holloway | Dec 4, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
6 AM, while Nicholas is doing his morning dance routine. Running around, meowing, I believe he is saying good morning mom, I’m so thankful to be alive right now. Let’s move our bodies. I love my cat. He brings joy in my life. While he is dancing and talking. I...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 28, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey, Weight
“What You Can When You Can” by Roni Noone and Carla Birnberg gave me a ton to think about on my journey to health and well-being. What I love about reading Noone’s and birnberg’s book is that they suggest that by making small everyday choices one can have a...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 27, 2014 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you enjoyed this time with family and friends. This year I have a ton to be thankful for. This will be a sort of a year in review. I cannot believe in a month 2015 will begin. I am already thinking about the word I will focus on for the...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 20, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey, Weight
I love books that inspire and encourage me on my goals of well-being. That is what Tara Stiles book “Making your own Rules Diet” has done. Inspire and encourage me to continue on what healthy feels like for me. As I wrote yesterday in my post “Starting Where I...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 19, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I have been on a roller coaster ride this last year. From the extreme highs with the numerous hopeful news of getting rid of my trach. To the extreme lows of having to keep my trach because of some new challenge. I feel like I have been throat punched far too...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 14, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Dying is not a subject many people like to talk about. It’s uncomfortable, scary, and highly emotional. It is necessary to talk about. “The Conversation” by Angelo Volandes is a good start to the conversation. In “The Conversation” Volandes offers some...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 9, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I found a great cookbook for those of us who are undergoing chemo therapy. Though this book is geared towards those who are fighting cancer. I believe the information shared affects those of us who use chemo drugs to fight our auto-immune and Vasculitis...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 5, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I felt compelled to write about my trach. What has brought this up? Well, when I went in to get my CT scan. I had to switch my steal trach to a plastic so that it wouldn’t shine on the CT scan. The nurse was fearful of my trach. And it had me concern. If a medical...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 5, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I am faced with another obstacle in my life. Of course, it is still my throat. Below my voice box this time around. It is jammed full of scar tissue. So full in fact that the doctor was amazed that I was still able to speak. There is no air flow coming through the...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 27, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
A year ago I set out on a reading journey. I don’t remember ever reading the bible all the way through. I knew scriptures. Ones that I have memorized in Sunday school and those I think of that my dad or mom would quote or my brother or sisters would. When I got sick,...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 22, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey, Weight
While reading Job chapter 10, the first verse hit me hard. Job says “I am weary of my life and loathe it! I will give free expression to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.” Job was having a bad day. Actually he was having a bad month. He was...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 21, 2014 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I am thankful tonight as I am sitting on my comfortable bed writing on my new to me lap top. You see 3 weeks ago my previous lap top stopped charging. I thought it was just in need of a new charger, but I was wrong. Turns out that the charger part of my lap top melted...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 26, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Thinking: I have a ton on my mind. First the upcoming surgeries in the next year so that I can get rid of my trach and breathe normal again. I’m nervous and scared, but I will move forward anyway. I am also thinking about food, because I know with all the...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 23, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey, Weight
I know, I know I said I didn’t want to read anymore diet books. “Part Time Paleo” by Leanne Ely isn’t a diet book. Leanne writes great articles for Flylady and for her own blog Saving Dinner that I have been following for years. So when I saw that she wrote a...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 21, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Amazing how receiving flowers can brighten someone’s day. My neighbor brought me some gorgeous red and yellow mums. He won them and he thought that I would enjoy them. The last couple of weeks, actually if I were to be honest the last few months have been tough...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 12, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I really enjoyed reading Joyce Meyer’s book “Good Health, Good life”. I needed to be reminded of how and why I should make healthy choices for my body. A few of the strategies Meyer’s talks about in her book hit home for me. The ones that hit home for me were:...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 1, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“The Plant Plus Diet Solution” by Joan Borysenko gave this lady a deeper understanding about all the diets and ideas that are out there. Borysenko says everyone’s bodies are different so we can’t all benefit from the same diet. We all need different things to...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 29, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Invisible Illness Week will be upon us in a week. This years theme is “Just One”. I love it. Here is my meme for 30 things you didn’t know. 1. The illness I live with is: Wegener’s and Rheumatoid arthritis. 2. I was diagnosed with it in the...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 20, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey, Weight
The last month I have been in a funky mood. The disappointment of not getting rid of my trach because of the swelling after my surgery had me reeling. I needed to take some time to reflect and make choices in where I want to go. While reflecting I slept a lot,...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 10, 2014 | Auto-immune, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey, Weight
Friday I was told that I needed to start eating more of the good bacteria to combat my recent outbreak of C-diff. I contracted C-diff after taking antibiotics in the hospital for my throat surgery on July 24th. I am happy to say my C-diff is under control and I...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 9, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Moving has been one of the things that I have missed since I’ve started my healing journey with my Vasculitis 5 years ago. Since my first surgery in 2009 until my last one July 24, 2014 I have been dreaming about moving my body. This last surgery gave me more...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 5, 2014 | Auto-immune, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
Disclaimer: I have not been paid for my review of Caltrate Calcium and Vitamin D3 Supplement Gummy Bites. However, I did receive a free sample of their product in exchange for my review. Taking supplements has become an important regiment in staying healthy...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 2, 2014 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I am finally feeling like myself again. This week has been a big lesson in my life of appreciating what I have. When I learned upon waking up from surgery that I had to have my trach again to say I was disappointed is an understatement. I feel not only disappointment,...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 28, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Saturday evening I woke up throwing up and having diaherra. Not fun at all. I ended up throwing up a lot of the soup I had that day. I didn’t even digest my meals or the pain medication that I took. I texted my caregiver, my neighbor, and my sister in hopes that...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 27, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I am sitting on my bed enjoying the atmosphere of my home. I am sad to report that my surgery on July 24th did not go as planned. I had my sister Carri write down what Dr. Anderson said to her and my brother Rob while I was in recovery. Trachea is small like a...
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