by Jamie Holloway | Jun 25, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I woke up this morning in a blissful mood. I spent my weekend in contemplative thought, because in my spirit I felt restless and unsure about where my life is going. I made some choices that I will be implementing soon. The reason for my restlessness is due to the...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 23, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I am looking forward to August 4th, my friend Debra Lawson-Bean has graciously accepted and registered me to go to day conference at OHSU. This conference is for individuals and their care providers who suffer from an auto-immune disease. Vasculitis will be one of the...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 14, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I wrote in my story that I am awaiting my appointment on July 10th, 2012 at the University of Washington for a consultation appointment with Dr. Hillel (an ENT) and Dr. Gardner (my Rhematoligist) to see about what can be done about my throat issues. I just could not...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 14, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I was asked my Jim Bornac and Chelsey Lawrence to participate in writing about patients living with Vasculitis. I did. Check out Chelsey’s blog Hope to read about her story. You can find Jim Bornac sharing articles and all types of information on his Face book....
by Jamie Holloway | May 26, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Being sick with a trach is a challenge. Since I am always coughing something up, taking the cannula out to clean out my debris then how do you know when you are sick? Let me tell you. Today, Friday I woke up coughing and having to use my suction machine more than once...
by Jamie Holloway | May 16, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Citizenship/Community always meant to be helping people succeed in their lives and to aide them in their own healing journey. Being someone who is ill, I have a chronic illness that makes my ability to help others more challenging than the average person, but I am...
by Jamie Holloway | May 1, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I love these videos, they share so much. Enjoy! Support Vasculitis research. The month of May is Vasculitis Awareness month. Vasculitis is the classification of 16 different diseases and I have one of them Granulomatos with Polygranitis (Wegener). If you have read my...
by Jamie Holloway | May 1, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Not Gonna Give In To It I am frustrated. My throat is constricting again from the damn disease that I have called GPA (Wegener’s). That means that soon I will be going into surgery yet again to get dilated so that I can breathe for a few months before I need it again....