by Jamie Holloway | Mar 1, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
In The Kingdom Of The Sick: Laurie Edwards A comprehensive and detailed journey throughout the ages of Chronic Illness that opened up my eyes to what it is. Chronic illness entails a lot of diseases: Diabetes, Heart disease, Kidney disease, Autoimmune...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 28, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Today is Rare Disease Day. There are over 7,000 rare diseases and I have one of them. All of the diseases are different, but the one thing that is the same is that it affects people no matter what your race or religion is. The effects of being ill often times...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 27, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Yep, another post about my new exercise program pulmonary rehab. I started reading the booklet this evening, after I took a two hour nap and took a soak in the bathtub to help my legs feel better. I am also having a flare-up this week. My wrist, middle finger on my...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 26, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I started my pulmonary rehab this morning. I am sore. I had to walk for 6 minutes, thankfully I was allowed to stop and take breaks. One thing I found out about myself is that I know how to listen to my body. I wasn’t out of breath, but my heart was racing...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 25, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“Health really shouldn’t be defined as the absence of disease.” That was the first sentence I read this amazing book by Dr. Nicolai. “Health is a wholeness and balance that gives us the resilience to go through the world without being knocked down and...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 24, 2013 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
Before you start reading I would like you to grab a cup of tea or coffee get comfortable and then read on. Saturday February 23rd I had the pleasure of going to Myrtle’s Tea House in Ridgefield Washington for an Angel Wings Ministries fundraiser. What an experience,...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 22, 2013 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
Just a quick update on my getaway to my hometown of Longview, I am enjoying my time here. Karen is a riot. She makes me laugh and she is an amazing woman with a huge heart. Summer is a hard worker and a fabulous cook. Even though there have been some crazy moments not...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 21, 2013 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I love animals. My Nicholas is an amazing creature who gives me great comfort and helps me breathe. He was a feral cat that my niece rescued a few years ago. Angel Wings takes in animals of all kinds and helps them find loving homes. They need our help, they need our...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 20, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Take 2: Leeza Gibbons I have never been a big fan of Leeza Gibbons. I also thought she was the big Hollywood diva who looked perfect, had everything perfect, was that the reality? Come to find out it isn’t. I appreciate her candor in sharing her flaws with us. She...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 19, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey
I got the phone call I have been waiting over a week for. Pulmonary rehab will be starting for me on February 26th. I am excited. I am looking forward to moving and breathing at the same time. I will be in rehabilitation for three months and then I can move on to...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 18, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey
Warning: This is a long post and I mean long. Sometimes this lady has to get things off her chest and this was one of those times. If you are brave enough to read it, thank you and if not that is okay with me. Have an excellent day. I am writing to you all in a...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 16, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
The Power of a Woman Who Leads: Gail M. Hayes I enjoy reading books that elaborate on a person’s strengths and gives them ideas and tools to help strengthen them. This book does that. I found out, which I half suspected that I am a collaborative leader like Priscilla...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 15, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“Making Good Habits, Breaking Bad Habits” Joyce Meyer I found another great book to read and to inspire me on my journey. I have read several books by Joyce Meyer, yes, she is a feisty woman with a big mouth, but I am the same way and perhaps that is why I like her....
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 14, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey
I am utterly amazed with the huge blessings that miraculously show up on my doorstep literally. Slowly, as I am able to accumulate household items my home is becoming my home, a sanctuary that I can enjoy. This is something new to me as before when I owned my own...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 13, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
How to be a friend to a friend who is sick Letty Cottin Pogrebin When I saw the title I knew I had to read this book. As anyone who is a regular reader on my blog knows I have an illness. If I had the funds I would buy about 50 of these books and hand them out to a...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 12, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
The Resilient Woman: Patricia O’Gorman “Resilience is about having guts-having courage born of learning from life’s hard lessons and understanding how to take the positive actions using this powerful inner resource. Resilience is all about stepping into our...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 10, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Isn’t It Time For A Coffee Break? Amelia Rhodes A book about relationship and love, especially the friendship kind, not that I needed to be told how to be a friend, but to be reminded of what being a friend is and what it isn’t. One key line that I absolutely agree...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 8, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Happy Friday! Yesterday I went and saw a Pulmonologist about getting me into pulmonary rehabilitation. Dr. Coates said that this type of rehabilitation is for people who suffer from COPD, which I do not have, thank you God. My lungs are healthy, but the airway that...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 7, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey
Joy is the human beings noblest act. Thomas Aquinas Joy is something I am learning to acknowledge and to appreciate in my life. Many things bring me joy, snuggling with my cat Nicholas, reading amazing books, an amazing unexpected conversation with a neighbor,...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 6, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey
I am still dealing with a painful belly wound that is located at my belly button. It is a big gaping hole; the surgical assistant stuck a Q-tip inside of the wound to see how far it can go and to check out how it is doing. Ouch! The white gunk that is coming out is...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 5, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“Mind over Medicine” Dr. Lissa Rankin I enjoy reading books from doctors who get it. Who value a relationship with their patients more than filling up the time slots and making money. Lissa Rankin gets the intimacy between patient and doctor. You know she gets it when...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 3, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Never affirm or repeat about your health what you do not wish to be true. Ralph Waldo Trine I sometimes get so aggravated by comments or thoughts from people. The question isn’t it limiting or it would be limiting to somehow set me off on a rampage of wanting to...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 2, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“A Course In Weight Loss” Marianne Williamson Williamson looks at weight loss and health in a spiritual way. Loving you, before you can shed the pounds she believes and is probably correct you must learn to live in love with the body you have now being a fat ass and...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 1, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“Hungry” Dr. Robyn L. Smith What I learned from reading this book is nothing new for me, but a reminder of what I have learned on my own journey with my disease. Her disease is different than mine, but we shared the shame unmasking of what was projected upon us from...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 31, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I have had the tune “Getting To Know You” from the Yul Brenner’s movie “The King and I” with Maureen O’Hara from the late 50’s early 60’s stuck in my head. I am getting to know my stomach again. I used to know my stomach well, but that all changed when I had my...
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