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SEID/CFS Vision – Foresight not Hindsight

1/26/2016

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We all know the old adage – Hindsight is 20/20.  And it’s so true.  The lessons we learn when we review where we’ve been are valuable.  Unfortunately for many who struggle with SEID/CFS, hindsight often becomes the standard methodology for self-care.  When we’re feeling better, we take on more.  When we’re feeling tired, we stay the course and when we crash, we drop out of our lives for a day or two thinking “I went too far.”  Then when we’re feeling better, we repeat the cycle.  Even healthy people do this as a regular habit.

If you want to fully recover from SEID/CFS, hindsight is too late.  Foresight is where you should be.  I regularly encourage everyone who is struggling with SEID/CFS to keep a daily health record of treatment and activity - Hindsight.  After a while you will begin to see patterns that support or hinder progress toward full health.  These patterns become your best tool for planning ahead – Foresight.    We need to use the past and its information to create a plan toward a healthy future.  Foresight means planning your week ahead.  Putting into place the resources and timing that will support a healthy pattern for you.  If you know that something is coming up that will push you, plan around it.  Ask for help.  Build a structure in your life that gives you the room to recover.
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And when you crash, look for the triggers.  Yes, your first response will be, “I shouldn’t have done that.”  You need to follow that with, “I should be doing this.”  Use what you’ve learned from hindsight to create foresight.  And then live in foresight.  Where is your vision focused?  Pleas COMMENT on this blog or Send in your thoughts and I’ll post them with your permission.  You can use the Contact Form or send an email to Martha at DefeatCFS dot net.  And Guest Blogs are most welcome!

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Be Well Again,
Martha

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Deborah
1/27/2016 11:57:51 am

After living 30 years with CFS and being tested for Lymes disease with the Elissa lab test which was negative. Found out I do have Lymes disease and with medication, diet I should be better in a few months. You need to get the Western blot test basic lymes panel lab test to get accurate reading. Lymes mimics 300 other illnesses and I would like patients to give some thought to this. I know two other people who had been misdiagnosed and got treated for lymes and are now well and back to work. Their symtoms same as mine. Thank you for sharing this with your readers. I now have hope for an end to this and to think it has taken countless doctors, prodedures and thirty years of my life. Blessings to you all.

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Martha
1/27/2016 04:09:29 pm

Deborah, So happy for you that you have an answer and an effective treatment! So sad that it took 30 years for you to get properly tested for Lymes. Thank you for sharing this info and I urge everyone to revisit Lymes if you think it may be your version. Here's some good info on the various tests and their sensitivity. Thanks Deborah and congrats! https://www.lymedisease.org/lyme-basics/lyme-disease/diagnosis/

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Tim Boland
1/27/2016 08:38:26 pm

Thank you Deborah for sharing this information, how wonderful that you have made it through such a trying time for thirty years. I am impressed as well that there seems not a trace of bitterness in your writing, only gratitude and sharing.

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Tim Boland
1/27/2016 08:41:21 pm

I knew there was something missing, Martha, I was doing my health journal every day and I could feel it was helping but have not been so faithful with that. I agree with all you say about recognizing patterns, and I feel for myself when I have a 'list' of things to do (of course with an eye toward not overdoing), it also takes on the aspect of being a goal. Perhaps for those of us who have gone through life as goal setters and achievers, what better goal than our own continuing wellness and happiness?

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Martha
1/27/2016 08:48:22 pm

Amen Tim! Thanks!

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