{"id":10414,"date":"2022-11-22T03:50:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T03:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/running-coaching-and-living-with-an-autoimmune-disease\/"},"modified":"2022-11-22T03:50:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T03:50:39","slug":"running-coaching-and-living-with-an-autoimmune-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/running-coaching-and-living-with-an-autoimmune-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Running, Coaching, and Living with an Autoimmune Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One day while waiting for the bus, Mireille Sin\u00e9 noticed her hands were freezing. This was strange because she happened to be holding a thermos of hot coffee, and it was a warm summer day in Southern California. Sin\u00e9, who at the time was 21, shrugged it off\u2014a weird one-off occurrence. But this incident was just the beginning. Throughout that summer, Sin\u00e9\u2019s hands felt cold more often, and sometimes they even got so cold they looked blue. Other symptoms began to appear: her hair shed more than usual, her joints hurt, and three fingers turned black. Sin\u00e9 took to wearing gloves so as not to freak people out. Her hands were so sensitive that running cold water over them caused pain. Sometimes, the pain got so intense she went to the ER, but doctors couldn\u2019t figure out what was wrong with her.<\/span><\/p>\n Finally, a year and countless tests later, a diagnosis: lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease that affects a person\u2019s joints, skin, and organs, including the kidney and heart. Sin\u00e9 took a semester off from her studies at Cal State Long Beach and endured six months of chemotherapy (used for severe cases of lupus to suppress the immune system and help manage the condition). She was sidelined from physical activity for two years as she underwent a slew of medications and dietary adjustments to get her condition under control. For the exercise science major who had always loved movement\u2014ballet as a child<\/span>, <\/span>track in high school, and short-distance running and the gym in college\u2014losing access to physical activity was difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n