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November 1st, 2010 by Karla Setchel
Hi Folks,
What’s the best Life Choice policy, taking “preventative” measures or “reactive” ones? Regardless of if it’s with your finances and saving money in advance BEFORE you need a new roof, putting gas in your car BEFORE it runs out or your health by using products like antioxidants to reduce free radicals to reduce cell damage that may lead to an illness or injury, it seems to me that prevention is the smartest way to go. Unfortunately in the USA, I find more people who wait until there’s a problem before they try to find a solution or are willing to pay for it. I mean, let’s face it — you’re going to have to pay for the new roof and gasoline at some point, why not a save a little at a time in advance? Here’s a novel idea, treat your body like a car and make sure it has what it needs on a daily basis to work properly! Seriously, do you wait until your car runs out of gas to fill up your gas tank? The car runs fine right up until the moment it runs out of gas — then it’s crisis time and you have to call someone for help or walk to the nearest gas station. In my opinion, that’s a lot more stressful than taking steps to prevent the crisis in the first place.
So what do you do? Do you take care of yourself now — before there’s a problem or do you wait until there’s pain or test results that interrupt or threatens your life before you take action? Leave a comment to let me know, and if you like this article or know someone who can benefit from it, please feel free to share it on Facebook and Twitter 
Here’s To Feeling Better!
Karla Setchel
540 366-6134
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October 24th, 2010 by Karla Setchel
Hey Folks,
I hope everyone is having a fantastic week. Mine’s been very exciting. I started dating again basically for the first time in 30 years! Scary and exciting at the same time ! However, with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, I have less “energy coins” to expend than an average person my age and I found it difficult to balance my new found activities with my daily “take care of me and get my work done”. I finally realized that if I didn’t want to stay single, I was going to have to make time for dating, My plan was to date one man a week, just a 2 hour dinner to start getting to know them — not a big deal, right? That wouldn’t take too much time or energy away from my business. I didn’t think about the phone calls that go along with dating, getting caught up in how much fun I was having meeting prospective life partners, or going out with the same man 8 times in 16 days! ( He’s really nice! ) I’m a real “people person”, but this is sooo different from just meeting new friends. So, I missed a couple of my goals last week ~~ one of which is writing a new blog post every week, and a few other projects that I was supposed to be working on. What do you do when you miss a goal? Do you get angry and quit or do you rethink, reorganize and reset your goals so that today you will do something to move a step closer to reaching them? I’m working on many goals right now, one is finding another life partner after being single for a year and a half, one is regaining my health — I’m working with a friend to find a hot tub that I can relax and exercise in that I can afford, build my business so that the next time I want something “affordability” won’t be an issue, in addition to the daily “have to’s” of living ~~ eating, breathing, sleeping etc… LOL
So seriously, let me know what YOU do when you miss a goal that you’ve set for yourself regardless of whether it’s in business, weight loss, exercise, or projects that you want to complete.
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Here’s to Feeling Better!
Karla Setchel
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August 31st, 2010 by Karla Setchel
Hi Folks,
I hope you’ve had a good week. I’m still in the “getting back into a routine” phase. It’s taking longer than I expected, in fact longer than it ever has before; however, I’ve never taken 2 weeks off and then came back with a new method of doing business so I’ll give myself a break! Maybe the fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue make it harder to re-start my engines. I’m moving forward and that’s a good thing so I will consider myself blessed.
Speaking of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, I received my cortisol test results back yesterday and it was on the low side. My Dr. said that cortisol is what breaks down fats in the body so they can enter the blood stream and get to the nerve cells (and all the other cells that need fat to be healthy) . He said the low cortisol along with my low cholestoral levels can cause symptoms that mimic FMS & CFS as well as cause neurological damage so he has put me on a “medium dose” of Cortef (the generic is Hydrocortisone). My Dr. usually recommends herbs, homeopathic medicines and other natural remedies but said that he wasn’t aware of any for this condition, so we had to go with a prescription. I’m really hoping that this will be a huge step forward in my healing process. I’m looking forward to getting more involved with life again! I can see the day when I can walk without a cane, walker or have to use a wheel chair. The day when I can sit upright in a “regular” chair comfortably for hours. When I can hike up to the waterfall that I used to hike to with my parents and daughter. When I can attend festivals and gatherings of all types and be able to enjoy them from morning ’til night. It makes me smile to think of these things and I’m so looking forward to doing them again so I will continue to seek recovery and wellness.
If you have good health, I hope you appreciate that tremendous blessing. If you’ve struggled with your health I hope something I’ve written in my many blog posts will help you on your road to recovery. If you have had health problems in the past but found a way to overcome them, I would like to hear from you because it may be something I haven’t tried yet or information that would be helpful for someone in my Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue/Chronic Pain Support Group.
Here’s to Feeling Better!
Karla Setchel
(540) 366-6134
www.KarlaSetchel.com
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August 24th, 2010 by Karla Setchel
Hey Folks,
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve written. I took a 2 week “staycation” – that word will be in the dictionary one day! My son and I visited some of my Aunts, Uncles and cousins, played a little pool and watched a lot of DVD’s. We learned that there is a right and a wrong way to insert the case back into Red Box. He had a few more stick shift driving lessons with my roomie and a lot of free time to do what he wanted before starting back to school. He’s very active so he ran with his cross country team in the mornings, hiked surrounding mountains, took his girlfriend to a local zoo and a cookout at a lake.
I had time to realize that I need more balance in my life – which I believe will bring more happiness and profit than working during all of the time that I have any strength to avoid having to deal with the emotions of my ex-boyfriend breaking up with me over a year ago. I knew that I was using work as an escape, but it has always been my way of running away from hurtful situations and it has served me well; however, it’s time to deal with it and move on.
Now the hard part, getting back into a routine that includes work! I’m a perfectionist, like most people who have fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue, and I’m learning a new method (new for me) for my marketing business. So I don’t feel comfortable making that first call until I’ve mastered all of the training—which I seem to be having a hard time finishing. The training is great and much easier than any I’ve done in the past – it actually makes sense to me, but as soon as I’m finished the training – I’ll have to pick up the phone & start talking to people – which I’m good at, so why the procrastination? I bet Leelja could tell me! Any of you marketing people out there ever had trouble picking up the phone?
Anyway, I’m slowly creating a new routine that includes some light exercise with my osteoball, marketing work, taking care of me work ( fixing dinner and doing the dishes ), spiritual time, and relaxation – all without feeling guilty about not working my marketing business during all of my “productive” time. Oh yeah, and I’m supposed to remember to be flexible too .
Here’s to Feeling Better!
Karla Setchel
(540) 366-6134
www.KarlaSetchel.com
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