Healing One Show At A Time

Due to a scheduling conflict today’s guest speaker had to reschedule.

I decided to try my hand at doing the show solo.  It turned out to be a wonderful experience and helped me get over my fear of doing a show all by myself.

During the show I talked about several different topics including why HYTR was started, dealing with depression, dealing with Lupus, a wonderful life lesson I learned from my oldest son when he was in first grade and many more topics.

Hope you enjoy my first solo experience, I know I did

How Lupus Saved My Life

Diane Tegarden wasn’t a full time writer until she was stricken down with lupus and had to close her company and stop working full time. What could have been a crippling end to a productive life was at first a blow Diane didn’t think she’d overcome. Then, after struggling several years with lupus, she found that an organic diet and lifestyle helped to partially restore her energy level and health, so that she could start to think about working again.

That’s when Diane decided to do what she’d always wanted to do. At first, she felt she couldn’t justify letting someone else support her while she launched her new career at the ripe young age of 48!! Then Diane just allowed it to happen, and it’s wonderful beyond words.

Join us for a touching hour of Talk Radio!

Rebbekah will share her daily struggles with Lupus as well, while she doesn’t talk very often about her struggle with Lupus on today’s show she will discuss the many aspects of dealing with an auto immune disease.

“Lupus is a hard disease to diagnose, through so many tests coming back with either a yes or no so many times the doctors finally said this is what you have, although we are not sure.  The only thing I have come to rely on is how I feel day to day.  There are many days I need to lay down for a couple naps to get my energy back.  I have begun to take better care of myself, by starting to eat more organic foods, listening to my body when I need rest and basically scheduling my day around how I feel.

Many of my clients are not aware that I am “ill” and to me that is a good thing.  I am a strong woman and while I have many daily ups and downs what keeps me going is my family, my friends and my clients. So while I do discuss having LUPUS on HYTR, please do not change your opinion of me or how I am able to handle clients etc ….I have learned that if there is a will there is a way.  Hence why some days you will see me online late at night those were the days I needed to lay down in the afternoons.  Being able to run a business from home has been a blessing.  I am better able to schedule my hours around my body, rest and still give 100% to my clients and my radio show.” -Rebbekah White

What is Lupus?

Lupus is an autoimmune disease, which means that the body’s natural defense system (immune system) attacks its own tissues instead of attacking foreign substances like bacteria and viruses. This causes inflammation. Inflammation causes swelling, pain, and tissue damage throughout the body. If you develop severe lupus, you may have problems with your kidneys, heart, lungs, nervous system, or blood cells. Lupus is the common name for systemic lupus erythematosus, also called SLE.

Although some people with lupus have only mild symptoms, the disease is lifelong and can become severe. But most people can control their symptoms and prevent severe damage to their organs. They do this by seeing their doctors often for checkups, getting enough rest and exercise, and taking medicines.

This topic focuses on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the most common and most serious type of lupus. But there are four other types of lupus: discoid or cutaneous lupus, drug-induced systemic lupus, neonatal lupus, and subacute cutaneous lupus.

What causes lupus?

The exact cause of lupus is not known. Experts believe that some people are born with certain genes that affect how the immune system works and that they are more likely to get lupus. Then a number of other factors can trigger lupus attacks. These include viral infections, including the virus that causes mononucleosis, and sunlight.

Although these things can trigger lupus, they may affect one person but not another person.

What are the symptoms?

Lupus symptoms vary widely, and they come and go. The times when symptoms get worse are called relapses, or flares. The times when symptoms are not so bad are called remissions.

Common symptoms include feeling very tired and having joint pain or swelling (arthritis), a fever, and a skin rash . The rash often happens after you have been in the sun. Mouth sores and hair loss may occur. Over time, some people with lupus have problems with the heart, lungs, kidneys, blood cells, or nervous system.

How is lupus diagnosed?

There is no single test for lupus. Because lupus affects different people in different ways, it can be hard to diagnose.

Your doctor will check for lupus by asking you questions, looking for common symptoms, and doing some blood tests. It is easier for your doctor to diagnose lupus if you have the most common symptoms and your blood has certain proteins. These proteins are called antinuclear antibodies, or ANAs. But other problems can cause your body to make ANAs, so doctors will use blood tests and other tests to find out if you have lupus.

How is it treated?

Lupus is treated by:

• Applying corticosteroid cream for rashes.
• Taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for mild joint or muscle pain and fever.
• Taking antimalarial medicines to treat fatigue, joint pain, skin rashes, and lung inflammation.
• Taking low-dose corticosteroids if other medicines are not controlling your symptoms.

Because corticosteroids are powerful medicines and can cause serious side effects, the doctor will recommend the lowest dose that will give the most benefit.

The doctor may also recommend other medicines that slow down the immune system.

How can you manage lupus?

One of the goals of controlling mild to moderate lupus symptoms is to prevent flares, the times when your symptoms are worse. Some of the other things you can do include:

• Rest to reduce stress.
• Avoid the sun. Wear sunscreen and protective clothing when you are outside.
• Exercise regularly to prevent fatigue and joint stiffness.
• Stop smoking.
• Learn the warning signs of a symptoms flare, such as fatigue, pain, and rash, and take steps to control them.

With good self-care, most people with lupus can keep doing their regular daily activities.

It is important to learn about lupus so that you can understand how it might affect your life and how you can best cope with it. Also, help your family and friends understand your limitations and needs when your symptoms flare. Develop a support system of family, friends, and health professionals. For more information on LUPUS go to

http://www.aolhealth.com/conditions/lupus-systemic-lupus-erythematosus?sem=1&ncid=AOLHTH00170000000023&otim=1221487624&spid=28185470





Who do you listen to when you just want to quit

Have you ever had those days that you just feel so out of it that no matter what goes on it seems like the end of the world?

I am having one of those days, have been all day long. Normally I can pull myself up, change my outlook and listen to my inner voice that this is just a phase that I am going through today. BUT not today, no matter what I tried it didn’t work

I went outside pulled weeds till my hands and back hurt…ran around the yard trying to scream it out of me, the poor neighbors probably thought I went nuts, I tried taking a hot relaxing bath, I tried to take a nap…nothing! I tried dancing to music to raise my endorphins…everything people tell you to do to make the depression and feeling of worthless go away…

I had times today I just wanted to chuck it all, the long hours, the little money for all the hours, the feeling of what am I doing here on this earth…I had no passion today…good thing I didn’t have a show today it would have been a very poor show.

For those of you who hear me on Heal Yourself Talk Radio, you are probably going YOU depressed you always sound so happy…well its easy to turn on that happiness for an hour but there are days I have to say that I just don’t want to keep going on…I am tired of struggling, tired of working long hours and tired of looking at my life and wondering is there more? So do I sound selfish? Maybe? Discontent? Maybe? Is this a mid life crisis or am I being hit with too many changes that it is too overwhelming…

I have lost many special people in my life the past couple years, two in death and a few in life…the ones who died I can handle as far as the hurting goes, its the ones that are still living that hurts the most.

I am always the one people go to for advice but who should I go to when I need advice? Who do I trust? Should I trust anyone?

Gee it must be the full moon, that has me feeling this way. Like I wrote earlier I can normally pull myself out of this, but for some reason today as the hours pass and the night comes I find myself asking more questions…this life is definetly not what I envisioned 20 years ago as a teenager…but then again there have been huge blessings in my life, my kids for one…that I would never trade for all the money, and tea in China

Have you ever thought about what you used to think about life? Is is what you envisioned as a youth? Are you still the same person you were years ago or have you grown?

Do you still doubt yourself as I do? Then it’s ok you and I are not alone…

I invite you to come over to my special show on Thursday August 28th at 2 pm est our 2 yr anniversary on Heal Yourself Talk Radio to share anything that is bothering you a real heart to heart talk with myself and other listeners…let’s share what is bothering us, share the good times and the bad times…open our hearts to each other and learn from each other, I am not an expert on the human soul…I can use some advice from others as well…

This will be like no other show EVER on HYTR!

A heart to heart between you and me…

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/healyourselftalkradio

Yours Faithfully and Truly,

Rebbekah White