Hi, it's Maiqui.

Before I continue sharing my journey, I just want to thank everyone who read and shared my first post about what happened to me. I did not expect it to gain as much traction as it did but the response has been overwhelmingly amazing!

Many people reached out to me sharing their own stories of living with an autoimmune disease and how they overcame it. Others were experiencing similar symptoms and asked me for some tips and advice on what to do. It was comforting to speak to those who went through it too and to be able to pay it forward by helping others.

I am also grateful that there is now more awareness of autoimmune diseases as it wasn’t as known or as common before. After speaking to different people though, I realized that there are many that have some form of the disease too. There were stories that were more heartbreaking than mine yet they still continue to fight.

I think this is a good time to remind everyone to be kind. Diseases like mine are in a way invisible to the eye. We don’t always see what people are going through.

As the saying goes:

I’m glad that my story has ignited more conversations about autoimmune diseases and health, in general. That was an unexpected goal I didn’t think I would be able to reach this soon.

So THANK YOU again for all the support, well wishes, and prayers and for keeping me motivated to continue on in this journey to recovery!

Fighting!! –