by Jamie Holloway | Dec 17, 2013 | Books/Music
I started reading “God’s Gonna Make You Laugh” by Noel Jones a few months back. I have picked it up read a few chapters and set it back down, because I had to truly process everything that Jones writes. I wasn’t convinced at first what he writes...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 16, 2013 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I didn’t have the weekend I had envisioned, but often times that happens a lot and I have learned to be flexible. Though, I do have to admit I do get irritated. I woke up Wednesday starting to get sick, with a trach having a stuffy nose and congestions is a lot...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 11, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I enjoy cookbooks a lot. I get a lot of ideas from them. I also get a lot of ideas from magazines that have recipes too, but how do you save them without them ripping or becoming a crumble up mess or having a big bulky box of recipes in a box? Here is novel...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 10, 2013 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I have been procrastinating on a couple of my projects. I am frustrated by this aspect. With my book “Beyond the Trach” I am stuck on the chapter on making choices. I am doing what I normally do when I get stuck on a subject and I am resisting writing or doing...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 9, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey
Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I did. I rested a lot, read a couple of books, journaled a lot, and even enjoyed some commodore in the media room over a Seattle Seahawks game. I find it fascinating that strangers can all cheer and act like...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 8, 2013 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I got a bit side tracked with my latest bout of inflammation, so I haven’t written much about the gluten summit I was privileged to be a part of. As I am writing this I am sitting in the infusion clinic receiving my rituximab treatment that helps my body with dealing...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 7, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Grieving has been the theme for 2013. I have been on my own journey of healing my painful moments from a breakup of a friendship that I thought would last forever, to the death of my mom when I was13, to the death of someone I lived with and took care of for ten years...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 6, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
BRR, 12 degrees outside this morning and I am cold, which is a rare thing. I am sitting in my warm bed writing this blog post and a few other posts while I am recovering from my infusion yesterday. A big giant praise moment, my infusion went well. No issues presented...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 5, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
By the time you are reading this post I will be in the infusion clinic receiving my third infusion of Rituximab. I am marveling at the amazing results I am getting from this drug. Yes, I don’t like enduring the discomfort, extreme fatigue, pain of them trying...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 4, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I wish I had this book when I was first living out on my own with all the information on how to buy, store, and prepare vegetables, meat, spices, and many other things. “My Cooking Coach” I find to still be useful even if I am a cooking machine. The...