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 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 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 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 3, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I am in a reflective mood. Yesterday, I drove to Seattle to see my Rheumatologist Dr. Gardner at the UW Medical Center. I was once again reminded about how amazing my doctors have been. On November 17th, 2013 I woke up with my hand swollen and hurting. I couldn’t do...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 27, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
This week has been a rough week. I ended up having to go to the ER over my left hand swelling up. It seems like by the 5th month after my Rituximab chemo treatment some body part swells up and makes my life a challenge. I hate that. This time I ended up in the...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 20, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I was hoping to write daily for the NaNoBl roll this month, but since my hand swelled up like a puffer fish typing is a hen peck show. While typing this I keep hearing my typing instructor comment about hen pecking. I have several things to write, but I will endure...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 16, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey, Weight
As I wrote Thursday, I am listening to the Gluten Summit offered by TheDr.com and I am thoroughly enjoying what I am learning. I am learning a lot. I am processing a lot of information while I am taking notes to the presentations. One particular nutritionist is...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 15, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I have many people I enjoy following and reading their insights with dealing with their own challenging illness’ and issues. Finding Strength Through Pain: I really love her Youtube videos and her Facebook messages. Love her courage and willingness to be real....
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 13, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Before I became sick and started becoming a patient and had to take a lot of medications and focus on my healthy I never paid attention. I ran on automatic pilot. I never took care of my body, nor did I take care of my emotional well-being or my spiritual...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 10, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I do several things for my Vasculitis besides taking the chemo drugs and steroids. I am a firm believer in trying different methods to help my body to be the best she can be. I do this by: 1) I use therapeutic grade essential oils. basil, peppermint,...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 9, 2013 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
As my friend was walking with her cane to make purchases at the grocery store a couple soon was behind her making rude comments. “It will be interesting to watch how a blind person gets around and shops for food.” This deflated my friend, as the couple followed her...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 8, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 7, 2013 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I have a beautiful pink crochet bag that my friend Summer Clemenson from Knotty Ware’s and Exclaim Media made me for my birthday one year. I have used this bag for my numerous trips to the hospital for surgeries. I have fit inside my lap top, clothes, hygiene stuff,...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 5, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I joined two writing challenges this month. One is the WEGO “National Health Blog Month” and the other challenge I joined is an off shoot of NaNo that just focus’ on blogging. NaNo is a novel writing challenge. I am familiar with the NaNo because one of my...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 4, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Today’s writing prompt for WEGO is to write about how my health condition forced me to grow up and take my training wheels off. This prompted me to think deeply about these last 4 years of my life fighting my own body with GPA (Wegener’s) and how it has shaped...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 2, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I kind of feel like the little Engine that Could remember that story book from when we were kids? I do. Today’s Wego Health Challenge for November is about I think I can. Here is mine… I think I can start getting my body moving so I can get the excess weight...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 1, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I found this on two blogs that I enjoy reading “Fit and Free With Emily” and “Back To Her Roots”. I will be adding only one thing to the list. Goals: I only have one goal for the month of November. That is to get my body moving. Now that I am recovered from my surgery...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 31, 2013 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I am not a fan of John Mayer’s music, but while sitting on my doctor’s office waiting to be called in I read a Time’s Magazine article about him that caused me to have some respect for this man. I didn’t realize he had been on hiatus do to a throat issue and the...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 25, 2013 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Saturday, the weekend, so I thought I would do a fun post of books I am reading and the songs that I am finding inspirational this week. I will start with music. One of my Facebook friends sent me a link on Spotify saying this song reminds me of you. The song was...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 24, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
“Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey” Alex Noble A year ago I was at a totally different place in my life than I am now. This week, last year I was in the hospital yet again for another...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 21, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Change is a matter of choice. Rick Warren This last week has been difficult in that my left hand and wrist swelled up and I have been coughing up mucus yuckiness on top of it all. Monday morning as I am trying to type this out my wrist and hand look normal, but...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 17, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Strengthen us O God, to relieve the oppressed, to hear the groans of poor prisoners, to reform the abuses of all professions; that many be made not poor to make a few rich, for Jesus Christ sake. Oliver Cromwell Give me, O Lord, the courage I need in good and bad...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 16, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I woke up to a surprise email from WEGO Health. Apparently I have been nominated in the Best in Show health Activist. I never saw myself as a health activist, but someone else thought enough of Jamie Chases Butterflies to nominate me. I nominated a couple of blogs...
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