Jessica Jayne
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Beckie Butcher:
Hello Beckie just entered a give away for your book about CFS was just wondering how do you deal with it and has it gotten easier to cope with and do everyday things for you over time and do you think pacing things and GET and CBT work ?
Beckie Butcher
Hi, Jessica! I'm so glad you contacted me, thank you.
Now, about your question. I have had CFS for nine years, and probably the biggest lesson I have learned is this. I used to for YEARS think and say this isn't how it should be. I should be able to work and have a normal life. After seeking spiritual help through my church, I was able to be a little more accepting of my circumstance. Once I stopped thinking about how it should be, I learned to accept what was. I was fighting mentally which affected me physically. FAITH is another thing that helps me. It provides the strength I need to make it through my days.
Things are not any easier for me to do, not really. It depends on the day. If I can do more one day I go down for the count the next day-or-two. Like I said, it depends on my system. That's what is so hard to understand about CFS, there is no set pattern to it. It's not concrete. Pacing myself doesn't really do any good, either, because some days I can't tolerate as much as other days. Like I said, there is no set pattern to it.
As far as CBT, I have never had it so I can't offer an opinion on it. CFS doesn't affect my mind as much as it may affect someone else. GET I have never heard of. I googled it and can't find anything on it. I find help through a unique method of chiropractic adjustment called the NUCCA Method, which I discuss in my book. For complete information, feel free to visit NUCCA.org. It does help. It's gotten me out of bed, at least most days.
I hope this helps. Have a wonderful Christmas!
Beckie.
Now, about your question. I have had CFS for nine years, and probably the biggest lesson I have learned is this. I used to for YEARS think and say this isn't how it should be. I should be able to work and have a normal life. After seeking spiritual help through my church, I was able to be a little more accepting of my circumstance. Once I stopped thinking about how it should be, I learned to accept what was. I was fighting mentally which affected me physically. FAITH is another thing that helps me. It provides the strength I need to make it through my days.
Things are not any easier for me to do, not really. It depends on the day. If I can do more one day I go down for the count the next day-or-two. Like I said, it depends on my system. That's what is so hard to understand about CFS, there is no set pattern to it. It's not concrete. Pacing myself doesn't really do any good, either, because some days I can't tolerate as much as other days. Like I said, there is no set pattern to it.
As far as CBT, I have never had it so I can't offer an opinion on it. CFS doesn't affect my mind as much as it may affect someone else. GET I have never heard of. I googled it and can't find anything on it. I find help through a unique method of chiropractic adjustment called the NUCCA Method, which I discuss in my book. For complete information, feel free to visit NUCCA.org. It does help. It's gotten me out of bed, at least most days.
I hope this helps. Have a wonderful Christmas!
Beckie.
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Vicki
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Beckie Butcher:
Just entered to win your book. As a fellow CFS suffer am wondering if you also have fibro, as I do and my Mom does, as they seem to go hand in hand so often. I was first diagnosed with fibro and then all the other things that go along with it, including CFS, plus a list of others. I must not handle it as well as you do and wondering how you deal with it on a daily basis?
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