by Jamie Holloway | Mar 9, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
Everyone knows that movement (exercise) is important for wellness but what do you do when you can’t breathe normally? How do you exercise then? Although Pulmonary Rehabilitation is designed for those with chronic lung disease, it can help anyone with a variety of...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 2, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
World Sleep Day is March 13, 2020 World Sleep Day® is designed to raise awareness of sleep as a human privilege that is often compromised by the habits of modern life. “First and foremost, we need to make sleep a priority,” says Cleveland Clinic sleep disorders...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 28, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
February 29th is Rare Disease Day There are 300 million people worldwide who have a Rare Disease. Currently there are 6 thousand of them. I live with a rare disease, in fact, two of them. I have subglottic stenosis (tracheal stenosis) and Wegeners (Granulomatatosis...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 24, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness, Mental Health, Sexual Wellness
February 24 through March 1, 2020 is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Eating Disorders are both medical and mental health disorders, they are not a lifestyle choice. If you are needing immediate help please contact the National Eating Disorders Association:...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 19, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness, Men's Health, Women's Health
February is Low Vision month and the number one disease of low vision is Macular Degeneration. Macular degeneration affects 4 million Americans of all ages, mostly in older adults. This is more than glaucoma and cataracts. Currently there is no cure for the disease....
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 18, 2020 | Book Reviews, Food News
If you read my review of my Power Quick Pot than you know how much I am enjoying using it for quick and delicious meals. When I first received my pot I checked out a cookbook called The Fresh and Healthy Instant Pot Cookbook by Megan Gilmore. This is where I got my...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 17, 2020 | Product Reviews
To start my new journey towards bariatric surgery I was gifted a Power Quick Pot. It is the same as an insta pot with a few things that are a bit different. The biggest difference is that the Power Quick Pot Quicks at a higher temperature and it is a bit faster than...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 11, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness, Fitness, Men's Health, Mental Health, Women's Health
I am disabled. Being disabled makes every day activities and exercise or like I call it, movement, a challenge. Because I have challenges I have to be creative in how I choose to move my body. There are 48.9 million Americans in the United States. 24.1 million have a...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 5, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Children's Health, Chronic Illness, Men's Health, Women's Health
February is Low Vision Awareness month. You are probably wondering what low vision means and how to take care of your eyes. I know I was until I did some research. I grew up with a mom who is partially blind. She has Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) and I remember her...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 4, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Men's Health, Women's Health
Today is World Cancer Day… Cancer, a subject no one likes to talk about or see a family member suffer from. In January 2019 I had my first cancer scare when my mammogram revealed I had a small tumour in my right breast. Thankfully, mine was caught early and it...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 3, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway
The first week in February is National Burn Prevention Week. Burns can happen anywhere, work, gym, home, car, or school, anywhere you are. Burns are damage to your body’s tissues caused by heat, chemicals, sunlight, radiation, and electricity. You can also get...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 31, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Product Reviews, Supplements
My name is Jamie Holloway and I am on my way to becoming a bariatric patient. My surgery is scheduled for March 20th, 2020. This means my life is changing. It’s been a long process of changing habits and letting go of my old life as an obese person. One of the things...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 29, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News, Product Reviews
My apartment has a giveaway table in our laundry room. You never know what kinds of things you will find on there. One day I went by the room and saw an air fryer. I quickly grabbed it. I have been seeing air fryers advertised for awhile on TV info comericials and QVC...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 27, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Children's Health, Food News
At the start of this article on Children and Nutrition I want to let you know that I am not a parent. However, I do know the struggle of feeding children, especially toddlers and teenagers. I am an auntie and I have watched my siblings suffer through the process. I...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 22, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Children's Health, Fitness, News
Children love participating in sports. It’s fun. It teaches them to collaborate in a team and most importantly it gives them a nice place to move their bodies. However, to prevent injuries it is important for parents to be aware that conditioning their children with...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 19, 2019 | Book Reviews, News
Jamie Holloway recently read a book and she wanted to share her review on 21 Things You Need to Know About Diabetes and Weight Loss Surgery by Scott A Cunneen MD. As many know I am pursuing bariatric surgery, gastric bypass to be exact and it has taken me a little...
by Jamie Holloway | May 30, 2019 | Book Reviews, Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness, Women's Health
This article was originally posted on May 28, 2019 on JamieChasesButterflies.com I was 13 years old when I found out I had PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome). The moment I started my period I had problems, blood clots, having a period for six months or longer, which is...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 26, 2018 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Men's Health, Women's Health
In one of my last articles I wrote about What Are Ketones, what they are what their job is in our bodies. In this article I will tackle the subject of Ketoacidosis. Being a diabetic and deciding to do the Keto Eating Plan means I have to be keenly aware of where my...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 27, 2018 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Fitness, Supplements
Everyone wants to know What Are Ketones? I was inspired to write this article because my friend Karen from Wellness Works NW has started selling Prüvit Ketone Supplements. I wanted to know more about it. I also know that Karen is dedicated to the safety and health of...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 8, 2018 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway
This article was originally published on JamieChasesButterflies.com on January 27, 2018. January is almost over and I finally have some news to share after my first post about choosing to go towards weight loss surgery and how hard the decision was. The progress has...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 12, 2017 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Mental Health
The Hard Decision If you follow me on Facebook or are one of my friends on Facebook you might have read that I am Pursuing Bariatric Surgery. This was not an easy decision for me to make. It has taken me years. Choosing to change your stomach with surgery shouldn’t be...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 5, 2017 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness, Fitness, Men's Health, Mental Health, Women's Health
I feel like I am at ground zero when it comes to my wellness journey. A lot of challenges have shown up in my life and it is time to re-assess and come up with a different approach to my plans. I am learning that there are times that you have to slow down, realign,...
