Wisdom Wellness Wednesday Embracing Health Challenges and Sweet Success Stories 010824

• Ever felt a sudden, sharp pain in your chest that left you bewildered and anxious? My unexpected encounter with Precordial Catch Syndrome transformed an ordinary workday at Fallon Middle School into a whirlwind of discomfort and curiosity.                                                    Despite the condition's reputation for being brief and harmless, my experience stretched on for hours, prompting me to speculate about potential triggers like caffeine, posture, and stress. Tune in as I share not only my own story but also the helpful insights and advice from coworkers, and invite you to contribute your own experiences with this mysterious ailment.
• Journey with me into the delightful world of Zachy's Sweet Treats, where cookies are just the beginning of an inspiring story. Led by Zachy, a young man with autism, and his dedicated mother, Nicole Sedano, this family-run business is a testament to perseverance, love, and the magic of social media connections.                                                                            As someone closely tied to the autism community through my role in Special Education and my husband's experiences, I explore the profound impact of understanding and empathy. Discover how Zachy's Sweet Treats not only offers delicious confections but also fosters a supportive community. Don't miss out on supporting this remarkable venture and perhaps snagging a special discount with the code "autism" https://www.zachyssweettreats.com
• Shout out to my Monthly Subscribers & Supporters Lisa Roberts Curbelo, Jeff Parra, Mike Kaufman, and Nicole Sedano :)
• If you love a good "Fall hat" Bontreaux Bling Hats are for you a western hat with a unique blinged out flair https://www.bontreauxblinghats.com
• Positive Thoughts and Prayers out to the Southern California residents who have endured and escaped the Fires. Thank you to the Firefighters fighting it. 
• Local Businesses I know & frequent
• Sunshine Saloon- Bob -owner
• Glow Medical Aesthetics-Annie
• Persimmon Dental-Theresa

Chapters

• 0:00 Precordial Catch Syndrome and Fitness Chat
• 11:33 Supporting Zachy's Sweet Treats & More

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Bow, chicka, wow, wow, good evening. Welcome to another episode of Elkivate your Life. I am your hostess, with the mostess L as in the letter L and key as in the key to your heart. Thank you for joining me on this Wisdom Wellness. Wednesday, january the 8th.

Speaker 1: 0:34

Okay, so let's get into it. Lots to talk about, ask, suggest. Inquiring minds want to know? Okay, so riddle me this Batman.

Speaker 1: 0:48

Have any of you ever experienced precordial catch syndrome? For those of you that don't know, allow me to educate. Precordial catch syndrome is a sharp pain that appears without warning on the left side of your chest, near your heart. It's not a medical emergency, but you may want to talk to a health care provider. Medical experts aren't sure what causes it, but it often appears when you don't sit or stand straight and it goes away within a few minutes. Okay, y'all. So I experienced this today and I was like oh, probably. I'm like, do you ever get that feeling where it feels like your lung is stuck to your ribs? That's literally how most people explain it, or try to describe it to somebody that doesn't know what you're talking about or what the random pain is. So this morning woke up a little tired, so instead of my usual one cup of coffee, I decide to have two to make sure I can get through my work day.

Speaker 1: 2:07

Now, as most of you know, I work as a special education aid, fallon Middle School. Love, love my job. I don't do it for the money although obviously that's a perk right but I do it for the love of the kids, the love of the school, the district, making a difference, teaching, just providing life skills to special ed students. What do I mean by special ed students? I mean autism, I mean Down syndrome, add, adhd, personality disorder. Oh God, there's a very long list. So anyway, and it's interesting, my daughter, brooklyn Cherix, would say oh, mom, mama, elkie, all you are is just a mom on steroids, so it's perfect for you. And I have to say that kind of is my approach.

Speaker 1: 3:23

Anyway, going back to my condition, or what I thought was my condition, so today I had the symptoms of the sudden stabbing pain on the left side of my chest and it only affects a small area and it goes away quickly. Okay, so mine started around lunchtime today, which is around let's see Wednesday schedule it was around the 11-ish hour and it did not go away until the five o'clock hour. So, going back to my question. Riddle me this batman. What the heck was that?

Speaker 1: 4:06

Going back to what I was saying earlier, instead of the one cup of coffee I had two this morning. Couldn't help but notice was feeling a little bit bloated from the coffee. I'm like, yep, I got the bubble guts or so I thought. I was like, oh, too much caffeine agitated my abdomen, my stomach, whatever, and so I was feeling bloated, I was feeling not good and then I started having the random pain. I'm like, okay, what the heck is this Like? Oh, it usually passes within a few minutes. Nope, sure didn't.

Speaker 1: 4:47

I took my dear friend, coworker, nurse Keisha's advice. She was like try massaging it, try drinking water. Everyone had all the tricks of the trade. Oh, try, sitting this way. All the tricks of the trade. Oh, try, sitting this way. I was like trying to sit in all these different positions while being an aide in all of these classes. Um, tried walking it off, tried drinking water, tried using the bathroom, tried stretching all these things, and it wouldn't go away.

Speaker 1: 5:21

So, hmm, was it pre-cordial catch syndrome? And they're saying I was reading about it says no, pre-cordial catch syndrome isn't serious, it's a common, harmless condition. There's no association between pre-cordial catch syndrome and harder lung disease it talks about. Oh, you know. It happens to like older children, teenagers, young adults. It appears suddenly, usually when you're exhibiting poor posture at rest, like you're slouching on the couch or a chair, or it may occur during light physical activity, like walking, only affects a small area, usually no bigger than one or two fingertips, and it doesn't spread out or radiate to other areas. It gets worse when you take deep breaths, which may cause you to take short, shallow breaths. You may be afraid to take a deep breath. When the pain occurs, it goes away quickly, may just last a few seconds or up to three minutes, no other symptoms or physical changes.

Speaker 1: 6:29

Okay, so what the heck was it that I had? I would like to know. So if any of you have any ideas, thoughts, opinions, if you're a doctor, if you're a nurse, if you're someone that's experienced this, I would love to hear your thoughts and or opinions because, quite frankly, I came home and I was like I need to walk my dog and then lay down on the heating pad until it goes away. Meanwhile, hubby comes home. Did you call the doctor? Did you do that? No, no, no and yeah, just bizarre. So was it the coffee? Was it the caffeine? Was it me walking from lunch to the back to the classroom that triggered it and why did it last so many hours, so many questions?

Speaker 1: 7:27

It does indicate that some of these things can arise, like if you have stress or anxietyose was just like what the heck is that you know when you're? And I was trying to describe it and people were like oh, yeah, yeah, oh, it's probably gas bubble, it's probably this, probably that I don't know what the heck it was y'all. But this girl, your girl, has been going through it and I have to say I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life. And I have to say I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life. I recently lost 25 pounds on the eating one meal a day, semi-fasting, intermittently fasting, eating fruit and vegetables, high protein, minimal carbs. Now I need to take my ass to the gym. So any of you gym rats out there want to lend a helping hand to this 56 year old? I could really use your help. In fact, I've been watching all of the advertising videos that pop up, you know, on your feed, whether it's Facebook or Instagram, whatever where it's like okay, do this for your butt, do this for your arms, do this for your legs. Okay, I'm watching all the things. I know the things I need to do. Now I just need to take my ass into the gym and implement them.

Speaker 1: 9:04

But this first week back of school, only day two. But this first week back of school, only day two. Yesterday came home with lower back ache and I don't know what the heck was going on. And then today, this so, and then tomorrow, hair appointment after work. So, yeah, looks like I'll be starting on Saturday, because we have a birthday party on Friday night.

Speaker 1: 9:36

So, that being said, moving right along, I want to make sure I give a shout out to my loyal listeners and the people who follow me, listen to me, give me comments, give me feedback. Let's see if I can remember everyone this time. Shout out to Travis Lemire, who always gives me helpful insight and feedback. Thank you very much, travis, always giving me ideas and suggestions on how I could switch it up, what I could talk about. Thank you to Kara Kitchell, who always manages to find the time to send in a fan mail. Thank you so much, kara. Appreciate you, especially because Kara and Tom are always working on something on their house, the deck, the yard, the truck, their artwork, I mean, the list goes on and on. So God bless you, kara and Tom.

Speaker 1: 10:40

Let's see Carly Muser. I don't know if you have been loyally listening, but if you are, thank you, rain burleson. Hopefully you're still a loyal listener. Thank you to you both and would love to have more fan mail aside from caras um also to my loyal subscribers, l Lisa Roberts, curbelo, Thank you. Thank you for being a loyal supporter, appreciate you. Hope to see you at the birthday party on Friday. What what? Jeff Pata Namaste, appreciate you so much and when I get my other microphone I would like to have you both on the show.

Speaker 1: 11:33

Let's talk about things we can talk about how to protect your peace or how to run a successful business. Shout out to Mike Kaufman. And last but not least, nicole Sedano. And since we're talking about Nicole Sedano, as I've mentioned before Zachy's Sweet Treats. Uh, talk about hostess with the mostest or host with the most.

Speaker 1: 12:04

Well, this fabulous family, the Sedano, was kind enough to allow me to taste their delicious, delectable cookies. They have a variety of options. I don't remember all of them off the top of my head, all of them off the top of my head, so bear with me while I look them up so I may share, because I have to tell you they brought all over all the delectables and chef's kiss, and currently Zachy is taking orders for his cookies and offering 20% off now through the 31st, using the code autism when checking out. So just to give you an idea of the delicious cookies. By the way, you guys have heard me talk about this before. Our baker is pretty special. He is a 21 year old man with autism and is navigating this world with the help from his mom, learning life skills. Such a sweet family too, I have to tell you.

Speaker 1: 13:21

I hope that you all will decide to order the cookies. We I mean, we have Martin Luther King holiday coming up. That's three-day weekend. Maybe you have a birthday party, maybe some sort of family event. Also, valentine's Day, hello. Some of the cookie flavors are red velvet with white chocolate chip, white chocolate chip, chocolate chip chocolate, peanut butter chip, birthday cake with sprinkles and they don't advertise this one.

Speaker 1: 13:55

So, nicole Zaki, forgive me if I shared a one with the hubby. I think maybe I allowed my daughter, brooklyn, who came over for a visit with Christmas muffins. I think I allowed her to try a bite or something. Maybe don't know, but anyway, subscribe to their emails. They are fresh baked cookies from their home to yours. They can be shipped to you also, if you are close enough by they may. You may be fortunate enough to where they can deliver, but, yeah, you can see the pictures of the cookies and see the prices Very reasonably priced, I have to say.

Speaker 1: 14:59

And so, yeah, I encourage you, support this young man. He's such a bright young man and just the fact that I have made and created some very heartfelt, valuable friendships through social media is just crazy to me. I began following them because she used to post her and her son in the car going to the grocery store and just his smile is so infectious and the unconditional love that she has for her son and her family, um, which we're thinking. Well, yeah, she's the mom duh. I have to tell you, I've been around many a family and not all of them have just this unconditional love and patience. Speaking of patience, okay, I can attest to this.

Speaker 1: 15:57

So, as most of you may or may not know, if you've been a frequent listener, so not only do I work with middle school special ed kids, but my husband falls into that category. He is also on the spectrum. He has Asperger's and, I'll be honest, the man's got a list, so talking about having all of the patients. So not only do I go to school and work around these kids and have patience to teach them, and I'm helping them, to teach them life skills like how to be socially aware in certain surroundings, which I take pride in because a lot of them don't know, they don't know social cues, and so it's my job not just to educate them but also to educate the kids that they interact with To be kind and be warm and, you know, not treat them like an outsider or an alien. It's just their brains operate differently, hence on the spectrum Anyway, it does require a lot of patience.

Speaker 1: 17:18

So hats off to you, nicole, just your unconditional love that you show to him and the family, and it's just, it's so commendable. It just reminds me how patient I have to be when I get a little bit impatient with my hubby and his forgetful ways or lack of social awareness. I mean the man's 61 years old. He just got diagnosed at 60. So you can imagine the struggles that he may have had going through life trying to mask his conditions, and that's what a lot of them do is they his conditions? And that's what a lot of them do, is they? They learn all of these masking techniques? And even their way of bonding with others is different, and I could talk on this topic forever because I I have studied it. I am making it a point to learn about how they process things, how they learn things, how they communicate, how their bonding styles, communication styles are so different, for example, info dropping. Info dropping is their way of trying to bond with you. So some of us might be thinking, okay, god, this person is just full of themselves, like they're just talking about them and they haven't asked about me in my day. Well, there you go, that's why.

Speaker 1: 18:55

Anyway, a little insight to the world of special ed kids and or adults. So, going back to Zachy's Sweet Treats, of course I will include the website in my podcast notes, but I wanted to make sure to let you know. It is wwwzachysseettreatscom and code word autism to receive 20% off your order up until the 31st. I sincerely hope that all of you will reach out and support this wonderful cause. Help this boy out, help him become master baker and, who knows, maybe we'll see him on TV one day where they're in those baking competitions. How cool would that be? Oh, my gosh, wouldn't that be cool, nicole, shout out to Nicole Sedano.

Speaker 1: 20:04

Okay, moving right along, my dog over here. Any of you have any pets out there? Well, my dog, chanel, is a Shih Tzu Pekingese pug mix and I love her to pieces. But tell me why, every time I'm recording on my podcast, she decides that she wants to sit up and look at me and say mommy, please open the bedroom door so I can go out to the living area or whatever area and explore. Or she decides to eat her food and then hop on my bed and start doing the little nesting thing that the dogs do. Where they jump up on the bed and start doing their nesting thing, they start digging as if they were in the wild to create sort of a little nook for them to sleep in. And without fail, no matter what time I start my podcast fail. No matter what time I start my podcast, this girl wants to come and do that and ends up knocking over pillows and making all kinds of noise. So if you've ever heard her in the background, the occasional yeah, that's my dog Chanel. I love you babies. I love you babies.

Speaker 1: 21:29

Okay, well, not much else to share with y'all other than let me not forget about Bontro Bling hats. If you are looking for a Western hat with some flair, highly recommend Bontro Bling hats Quite, fashionable, reasonably priced. She is a local for those of you that are in the tri-valley area and has a variety of colors and styles, and I am a proud owner of hmm, possibly two, if I can't end up gifting this one to my daughter, provided we can trade for another color, as Bonnie so kindly and graciously agreed, graciously agreed and I'm thinking I should gift one to Kara Kitchell, who always, like I said, is on my fan mail giving me ideas and reaching out and telling me how much she loves and enjoys my podcast. And, last but not least, let me not forget Sarah Aggie, nancy Nottage who am I leaving out? I mean, I want to say my girl, lisa Johnson, but she's like oh, I listened to a part of it, I listened to a little bit, I listened to half, and I'd like to say Brooklyn Cherix, my daughter, who has kind of fallen off as far as listening to me, I imagine because it's not exciting and juicy enough, and she listens to other podcasts and she works remotely, mainly the one that manages the household while Ajay, her boyfriend, is away. I don't know, I don't really know what the reason is, but some of my listeners, my loyal listeners, have sort of drifted. So trying to reel you back in, trying to bring you back to listening to me y'all, I would appreciate it. I guess that's it for now.

Speaker 1: 23:54

I would like to have kind of a moment of silence. We over winter break lost one of our beloved 7 seventh grade students. Such a tragedy, so I wanted seventh grader Durga Kanamata Reddy, who passed away over the winter break. So sorry. My deepest condolences, heartfelt thoughts, prayers, everything out to the family. I'm sure this has got to be hard, not just to them, but fellow students. I don't know the details of it. Obviously it is a tragic loss. Thank you all for allowing us to have that moment of silence and sending positive thoughts and prayers out to those SoCal people that have lost their homes in a safe place. I thank you to the firemen who are putting out the fires and I just hope that during this time of need that people are coming together and you know, love thy neighbor. Let's all be kind and thoughtful and just giving, whatever that means or looks like to you, because we just we never know right. Anyway, thanks for tuning in, thanks for listening. Appreciate all of you.

Speaker 1: 26:01

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Speaker 1: 26:58

I am going to get to a point, like I said, where I will have you as a guest on the show. We can about whatever your expertise is. I would love to do that. Or maybe I sponsor you, your business, your interest, maybe I talk about it, maybe I give a shout out to it. So, yes, thank you to my subscribers and to all my sponsors whom I've spoken to and said they are interested. Shout out to Sunshine Saloon Bob hello, still waiting for your phone call, buddy, I'll probably see you this weekend, so I'll do a follow-up.

Speaker 1: 27:43

Who else? Oh, yes, and my girl, annie, at Glow Medical Aesthetics in downtown Pleasanton, who specializes in skin healthcare, skin care. It's basically a medical spa and, yeah, their reviews're reviews. I mean five stars. Can't ask for better than that, can you? Uh, annie is wonderful. Love her and the other businesses I frequent persimmon dental and they're supposed to be becoming a sponsor.

Speaker 1: 28:29

I don't know what happened. It was supposed to be before the month of December and not sure what happened. But, teresa, give me a call, give me an email. I'd love to hear what happened. And can we still make this happen? Such a wonderful, welcoming staff. And I have to tell you I had a fear of the dentist because all of the childhood trauma 11 fillings all at once yeah, not some not so great experiences growing up. So the doctors and the staff are all amazing, gentle, thorough and, yeah, I just love them. And who else? Hmm, american cancer discovery shop been donating and shopping there for years, located on Santa Rita road. Uh, it's an upscale thrift store and the proceeds go towards cancer, which has a special place in my heart. So, thank you all for listening, for tuning in. That's all I have for now. Namaste and ciao for now.