Hey everyone! I’m so excited at how many followers have been signing up to follow my Mast Cell Healing Journey. I began this blog back in 2019 to chronicle my recovery from secondary Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. I wasn’t sure I could do it at the beginning. But, with the help of a great medical team, I researched and literally did every single thing I … Continue reading Navigating the Complexities of MCAS and Chronic Conditions
Hey everyone, Recently, I’ve been surprised to see the numbers on my Mast Cell Healing Facebook page shooting up. A few months ago, I had 100 followers – now I have almost 400. I don’t often talk about underlying medical conditions on this blog, because my goal is to keep it a safe space for those using neural retraining principles. (For those who don’t know, neural retraining … Continue reading Poll: How did you first learn about MCAS?
Hey everyone, Here’s a little video I actually made a while ago. I show you the ways I implement the principles of brain retraining – specifically, the Dynamic Neural Retraining System— in daily life. Brain retraining, sometimes also referred to as neural retraining, involves getting your brain out of the state of “fight or flight” and into a state of “rest and digest.” It might … Continue reading How I use gratitude + DNRS principles to boost brain healing
Hey everyone, Just an exciting little update– I met with Dr. Castells last week (for those who don’t know, she’s one of the top mast cell experts in the world!). Somehow, I was lucky enough back in 2018 to get in off her waiting list and become one of her patients. Dr. Castells has taught me so many things I could never have learned anywhere … Continue reading Dr. Castells officially approves of my blog 🙂
Hey everyone, In my last post, I talked about how mast cell disorders can actually get better, and some of the ways in which this can happen. In this post, I wanted to go more into detail on one of those ways– and that has to do with mast cells’ inflammatory activity. In her interview with Yasmina, Dr. Castells explains how lifestyle changes, can help to … Continue reading How mast cell issues can get better, Part 2: Reducing inflammatory activity
As both of my doctors, Dr. Castells and Dr. Bayuk, told me — the nervous system and the immune system are incredibly intertwined. In fact, some researchers don’t really consider them to be separate at all– instead, they are part of the same system. It sounds so hard to believe, but both of my doctors have seen people make incredible recoveries — and now I’m about … Continue reading How mast cell issues can get better, Part 3: Changing the brain
Hey everyone, So, in a nutshell, this is really the main post of “what I wish someone had told me.” If you have mast cell issues, it doesn’t necessarily have to be as bad as you may think it is at first. I do want to be sensitive in writing this post as I know there are different types of mast cell issues, each with … Continue reading How mast cell issues can get better over time
I’ve found that when sometimes things seem irritated for no reason, it might actually be that your mast cells are freaking out. Like maybe you had a brief muscle spasm in that area, which created some inflammation. Now even if the muscle is relaxed, the mast cells are still going on as if there’s a problem. I’d suggest doing whatever you normally do for a … Continue reading How mast cells can cause muscle and joint pain
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