by Jamie Holloway | Aug 20, 2012 | Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
When I went to my doctor appointment on Friday I found out from my blood work that I am low on Iron again. Since I was younger I have always been anemic and I either had to get an IV, take a horse pill, or eat extra foods that had a power house of iron in them. Right...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 19, 2012 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I woke up Saturday morning tired from my long trip to Seattle the day before. After eating a yummy breakfast, cooked by my amazing and talented sister Vickie, we ate eggs, bacon, and cheese wrapped in a tortilla we called our aunt Marie. I still am not able to talk on...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 17, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
What a day! I drove three hours to Seattle in order to visit my Rhematologist and my ENT. I love my doctors. They truly do seem to care, even if things happen that I don’t like. Dr. Gardner, my Rhematologist went well. I finally succumbed to the advice of my sisters...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 14, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey
(My view from the picnic table where I ate my yummy sandwich) I woke up in a crappy mood. I have been home from the hospital for a week now and my voice is taking its sweet time coming back. I am glad I had the surgery, don’t get me wrong. I love being able to breath...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 13, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
“If you are ready to find real fulfillment, now is the time to start your new journey.” Oprah Winfrey What does my journey look like now that I got a permanent solution to my subglottic stenosis? Let me be clear about one thing. I am not happy about the solution that...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 10, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I am home. I am happy to be home. Melissa one of the wonderful nurses at the hospital told me she didn’t want me to leave, but I did want to leave. I missed my bed, my space, my people, not that the people at the hospital weren’t wonderful. I had some amazing nurses,...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 8, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I am writing this blog post hooked up to many different machines in order to be healthy. I have the humidifier hooked to my throat, I have to IV’s one in each arm and I have the oxygenator hooked up. Different noises, different reasons for each device to be hooked up...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 7, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Have you ever received messages that just make you think? I have, messages for me can be in the lyrics to a song, a line in a movie, a quote, a book I am reading, something a person is saying to me, or even a thought that pops into my head. Tonight, while sitting in...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 6, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey
Looks like I will be staying a couple more nights in the hospital. I will be having another surgery tomorrow in order for them to lower the T-stent in my throat. Currently, the upper part of the t-stent is pressing on my voice cords and making it difficult for me to...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 5, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Happy Sunday! If you suspect that I am still in the hospital, you would be correct. I am still here. One of the student doctors came in and she told me that I will be going home for sure tomorrow. I had to make a couple of phone calls, one of course to Myron, my...
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