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Fall 2008

HealthFitness

Beauty

SUPPLEMENT TO THE MARYSVILLE GLOBE & THE ARLINGTON TIMES

Inside: Karate instructor copes Success with Curves Neti pots for allergies Kids haircuts - the latest rage

Heather Skidmore shows her new self with the help of Curvesfor Women.

Fun Kuts looks to expand inArlington or Marysville by 2009.

Sharon Standish, mother of two and co-owner of the MartialArts Club in Marysville.

A Neti Pot.

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The Marysville Globe/The Arlington Times September 24, 2008

Health. Its the onething we couldnt careless about when were upand running. Only whileracked under the reign of anasty cold or immobilizedby a broken leg do we start

casting about, realizingour thoughtlessness andstart begging for the sweetreturn of good health.

Most the time, it doesindeed return, and we aregrateful for a day.

But when it never comesback, thats when we arestruck dumb and lifeshardest decisions are made.

Two years ago, Sha-ron Standish began herdescent into ill health, ameasure in time that inother people might haveproven lethal. But withStandishs faith, her activelifestyle, a chin-up attitudeand access to Americanscience and drugs, anotherwise debilitatingsituation had becomemanageable.

The 42-year-old,

Marysville mother of twohad come home exhaustedafter eight hours ofteaching preschoolers.She summoned enoughstrength to drive with herteen-age daughter, Kate -lyn, to the martial artscenter the family owns.But thats when thingsbegan to unravel forever.

Then it felt like my

teeth were being rippedout of my jaw, Standishsaid of her first real heartattack. Shed had bloodynoses and some chest painthree days prior, but didntthink much of it then.

Three days later she hadshortness of breath andit felt like my chest was

going back into my shoul-der blades. Still, she didntcall 911. Back home, thepain lingered and then thechest pain increased andher daughter called 911.

The paramedics droveher to Providence EverettMedical Centers Colbycampus where doctorsconfirmed she had aheart attack - but onlyafter a nother bout withshortness of breath afterspending six hours in theemergency room. Sheremained at PEMC forfour days.

Standish figured thebusy lifestyle and hersleep apnea contributedto the heart attack. Not tolet either slow her down,she continued to train atthe martial ar ts center,

participated in a heartwalk to raise money forheart disease and now she

wears a continuous posi-tive airway pressure maskto bed every night. TheCPAP looks like a maska jet pilot might wear andhas helped hundreds ofthousands of apnea suf-ferers across the globe.Some find the CPAP to be

claustrophobic, but mod-ern systems have becomefar less intrusive.

Things seemed to begoing well for Standishuntil one morning sheawoke and noticed herleft arm wouldnt move.She could feel it but couldnot move it. Her husband

thought she may havehad a stroke because shecouldnt bend her left side

well, either.She went to a neurolo-

gist at the Everett Clinicwho sent her to have somephysical therapy whichdidnt do a thing for her.

So the neurologistexamined her again andthis time, gave her someLevodopa and Carbidopa,a drug cocktail used forpatients with Parkin-sons disease. Standishresponded positively. Herarm and left side felt better.

She reported that tothe neurologist who thendetermined she might haveParkinsons, a brain disor-der that occurs when nervecells in the part of thebrain called the substantia

nigra die or break. Thesecells make dopamine,which allow for smooth,coordinated function of thebodys muscles and move-ment. When 80 percent ofthese cells are damaged,Parkinsons symptoms,such as tremors, appear.

Even more bad newsStandish went to the

Booth Gardner ParkinsonsCare Center in Kirkland fortherapy. It was there thatdoctors discovered she didindeed have Parkinsonsand also Dystonia, a raremuscle disorder that causesthe muscles to contractand spasm involuntarily.Her first signs of Dystoniawere subtle and Standishfigured it was just part ofthe Parkinsons. But then itjust got worse, much worsethan the Parkinsons.

Id be at the grocerystore and suddenly I cant

walk, she said. Theworst time was when I wasat the zoo and the Dysto-nia hit and it took me twohours to get to the exit.She and another preschoolteacher had taken theirstudents to the WoodlandPark Zoo when Standish

felt the Dystonia coming

on. She told her friendthat she was going to starttoward the exit. In fullforce, the Dystonia immo-bilized her and the pain

was near unbearable.I cry when it hits,

Standish said. I lie out onthe floor and cry. Eachepisode can last up to 20minutes. Once, her armconstricted so tightly thather elbow bent back intothe middle of her backuntil her shoulder wasabout to pop. The mus-cles contract as tight asthey can go, then contractmore and pull in awkwardpositions, she added.

Then, the doctor ather Parkinsons therapysession in Kirkland, sug-gested she try Botulinumtoxin, or Botox as it is

commonly known. Theneurotoxin, which hasgained household statusas a wrinkle remover, wasoriginally used as a wayto treat severe musclespasms just like the onesStandish was enduring.She figured she had noth-ing to lose and receivedher first injections about amonth ago.

I got four shots in myleg and four in my shoul-der, she said. The doctor

would put a probe directlyinto the af fected muscleand inject a dose.

It is amazing how you

feel when everything isgoing well, Standish said.The shots worked, themuscles no longer con-stricted. The downside wasthat her insurance com-pany, Regence Blueshield,didnt cover the Botoxinjections. That aside,Standish is a new woman.

Last year at this time,I didnt know how I wasgoing to work, but now Isay, Bring it on!

Every three months,Standish will get a Botoxinjection. She goes in foranother dose in Novem-ber. She also takes othermedication to help withParkinsons tremors.

There are surgeries avail-able for the Dystonia,

where a pacemaker isplaced in the brain and

sends impulses to controlthe spasms. But for nowStandish is content withthe Botox.

She said she neverdreamed her life in her 40swould turn out the way ithas. But she has learned todeal with what life bringsand moves forward. Herfaith and her family arewhere she draws support.

She still exercises, stilltrains at the martial artsclub and is considering put-ting on a fundraiser to raiseawareness of Dystonia.

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Sharon Standish, mother of two and co-owner of the Martial Arts Club in Marys-ville, had a triple dose of bad luck, having a heart attack and getting diagnosedwith Parkinsons disease and a rare muscle disorder. But of all things, Botox, thedrug used to smooth out wrinkles, has saved her life.

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The Strong Teensprogram at the YMCAhas entered its fourth

year and area organiza-tions have once againmade sizeable contribu-tions to fund it.

Organizations suchas Kimberly-Clark,Kirtley Cole, Everett

Clinic, Group Healthand Childrens Hospitaland Regional MedicalCenter are among sev-eral that have contrib-uted roughly $100,000to fund the countywideprogram that helpsteens and their parentsmake healthy diet,exercise and lifestyle

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ing locations are Marys-ville, Monroe, Mukilteo,Everett and Mill Creek.Interested parents andteens should go to www.ymca-snoco.org for more

sign-up information.The Monroe branchis already fil led up, butthe other four haveplenty of room, espe-cially Marysville.

We think everyoneknows about the pro-gram, but in realitythey dont, said Caro-

line Brown, the Healthand Wellness Director

at the YMCA branchin Marysville. Theother possibility is that

with September comesschool and thats whenfamilies are slammed

with homework, house-work, and everythingin between. Those arethe only reasons Browncan think of as to why

participation in her cityhas been so low. Brownhas pushed back theclass dates to accom-modate late comers.

The new class timeswill be 6 -7:30 p.m.,Mondays and Thurs-days start ing Monday,Oct. 6. The two 90-min-ute sessions are con-

ducted each week forthree months then once

a week for six weeks.There are currentlyfour teens and theirfour parents signed upin Marysville, leavinga total of 32 slots (oneparent, one teen) open.

Teens must be between12 and 14 years old andbe in the top 95 per-centile of their body/

weight mass index.Getting parents 100

percent on board withthe program has beenan issue in the past,Brown said. She knowsfamily lifestyles arehectic, but countersby saying this is anopportunity for parentsand their teens to eat

more meals together,shop together, take

turns cooking and togenerally make betterlifestyle choices.

Parents have toparticipate becauseparents are basicallythe ones who make thedecisions at home about

what theyre eating,what theyre shoppingfor, Brown said. Par-

ents have to mentorgood healthy habitsand lifestyles to havehealthy kids.


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Get them whiletheyre young, they say.

And indeed that isthe case with the chil-drens hair care indus-try, a $5 billion marketwith more than 40million children in the

United States receivinga haircut an average of

eight times per year.Any salon from

Debis Hair & Tan ofArlington to SmartStyle Family Hair Salonin Tulalip will takekids for customers,but the salons just forkids is truly starting to

bud. One of the morenotable ones, which

has yet to surface inthe Northwest, is Snip-its. Founded by JoannaMeiseles in Framing-ham, Mass. in 1993,Snip-its has evolved intoa haircut adventure.Not just swivel chairs,scissors and mirrors,Snip-its has a customcartoon-like interior,

checkerboard f loors,goofy characters andinteractive computerplay stations. Theresalso kids line of haircare products.

In Seattles PhinneyRidge neighborhoodtheres BeachcomberKids. The boutiquelocation of fewer than1,000-square-feet fea-tures checkerboardtile floors, wicker waitarea benches, a massiveplay area where kidscan burn some energywhile they wait theirturn. There are sea-foam green walls withstencils of ocean wavesand leaping dolphins.The three swivel barberchairs are molds of asea turtle, seahorse and

dolphin. And each kidcan pick from dozens

kid-friendly movies.In Snohomish County

theres Fun Kuts inLynnwood and KidsCuts in Everett. But notmuch yet in Arlingtonor Marysville. But FunKuts has Arlington andMarysville in its sights.

Wed like to moveup there, said Fun Kuts

co-owner Ian Armijo.Im ambitious withthat, and well see in ayear or so.

In January, Armijoand his partner, TessLochner, bought theexisting salon and addeda whole lot of kid-friend-liness to it. They paintedthe walls in various col-ors of the rainbow and,like Beachcomber, hasthemed stations fromHotwheels and speed-boats to kitty cats andprincesses. There areseven stations in all andthe plan is to dedicateone of those spaces toparents. The co-owners,particularly Lochnerwho had been a stylist atFun Kuts before buyingthe business, noticed a

lot of parents were ask-ing to get their cut whiletheir kids were gettingtheirs done.

When the opportu-nity to buy came up,Lochner and Armijohad to think about themarket. They both sawthat the industry wasgrowing. There werechildrens salons inKirkland, Bellevue and

Seattle, but the industrywas virtually untappedin the more suburban,blue-collar markets. Sothey agreed to a deal.And business continuesto be strong. The weekleading up to the startof school in the county,saw each of the busi-nesss three stylists han-dling up to 18 heads aday. It was insane, saidstylist Lacy Thornhill.

Lochner has contin-ued her role as styliston top of being floormanager and co-owner.

Armijo will do the booksand payroll. They planto focus on the currentstore, fine-tuning theday-to-day system andcapitalizing on ideasthat work. If adding astation for adults works,they may lease space in

Arlington or Marysvilleas early as next summer.

Id love to make FunKuts a household name,

Armijo said. Its work-ing so now its just a mat-ter of whether it catcheson. At this point we dontsee why it wouldnt.


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One of my most favor-ite times of the year isthe Farmers Marketseason. Nowhere is foodmore fresh and nutritiousthan when it comes froma farm nearby and withyour purchases you geta chance to support yourlocal economy as well. Ialso enjoy the personaltouch when interactingwith the farmers; butmore so, I love to see,touch, smell and tastethe food Im buying.You cant do that with

processed, canned, pack-aged or frozen items.All you get to see is aphoto on a label andusually that looks muchmore appetizing than theactual content.

Its a curious thing thatwe dont taste our foodsanymore before purchas-ing. We may chooseaccording to visualappeal, picking the brightyellow banana rather thanthe spotted brown one orthe immaculate tomatorather than one thats softand slightly wrinkled. Butits not the same experi-ence as biting into an

apple or a pear that hasbeen harvested just a fewhours before.

Most of us have losttouch with the food weeat, the region it comesfrom, the soil it grows in,the people who harvestit and who bring it to ourtable. We dont have thetime or energy to be con-cerned with all that. Likeeverything else, our foodhas to be instantly avail-able and convenientlyserved. Of course, thefact that we have almostunlimited food suppliesin this country is anachievement of greatimportance and goes tothe credit of the respec-tive industries. But forus, the consumers, thisalso comes with a senseof loss and disconnect.Theres no longer a rela-tionship between whatwe eat and who we are.

I myself have no back-ground in agriculture. Igrew up in the suburbswhere there were nofarms nea rby. But almostevery family in my neigh-borhood had a smallgarden in their backyardwhere they planted avariety of vegetables and

a few fruit trees. I remem-ber my mother lining uptomatoes on the window-sill to let them ripen inthe sun. What we didntconsume right away waspreserved in glass jarsfor the winter months. Ilearned as a small childto distinguish betweendifferent seeds andwatched with fascinationthe miraculous growth ofbeans and cucumbers. Ialmost think of it as goodluck that my parents hadto grow much of our pro-duce themselves becausethey couldnt afford tobuy it in a store. Thesememories of my child-hood still influence myrelationship to food today.

I imagine that theseearly experiences havealso generated my life-long interest in cooking.The very idea of prepar-ing a meal from scratch(as opposed to ready-to-eat) still gives me greatpleasure. I dont ever con-sider cooking as a chore.

I like the surroundings ofa well-equipped kitchen. Ilike handling food slic-ing, dicing, stirring, mix-ing all of it. I like thelook, the feel, the smell,even the sound of foodwhen it pops and sizzles.I like knowing that itsfresh and of good qualitywithout having to relyon nutrition labels andexpiration dates. And,most importantly, I likesharing my home-cookedmeals with friends andfamily. Life would bemuch poorer without it.

True, not everyone hasthe time, skill or inclina-tion to be such a foodenthusiast. But I thinkthat we cannot afford tobe completely ignorant orindifferent in our relation-ship to food. A healthylifestyle requires not onlysome knowledge aboutwhat (and what not) toeat, but also how to enjoyfood and appreciate itsvalue. Eating absentmind-edly in the office while

working through lunchbreak, driving in the caror watching TV is notconducive for ones physi-cal or mental health notin the long run anyway.If we cant take the timeto enjoy a good meal ordont value the food weeat, then all we do is stuffourselves to eliminatehunger or fight boredom.On the other hand, if weallow ourselves to experi-ence the pleasure and sat-isfaction that good foodcan provide, especiallywhen shared with others,it can enrich the qualityof our lives a ltogether.

Timi Gustafson R.D. isthe author of The HealthyDiner How to Eat Rightand Still Have Fun.Her book is available inbookstores and at Amazon.com. If you wish to receiveher free monthly Newsletterwith recipe suggestions forlighter and smarter eating,please contact her at [email protected].


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By now, you haveseen and maybe evenused the neti pot, thenasal irrigation systemmade ubiquitous by TheOprah Winfrey showand her frequent guest,Dr. Mehmet Oz.Using a netipot can helppatients with

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Its amazing whatyou can lose with a littlestick-to-itiveness.

Thats certainly whatHeather Skidmore dis-covered a few years ago.

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marry him. She said yes.She also decided to getin shape for the wedding.She hadnt really beenbig on exercise before.She enjoyed eating pizzaand drinking beer andthat trifecta contributedtoward her weight 233pounds. She wore size22 pants. Her weightembarrassed her, dimin-

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enough room for meand nobody else, shesaid, recalling the dayshe climbed into one ofthe rides two-seat cars.Thats when I realized it.I just felt that this wasntright and that I didntwant to look like this orfeel like this anymore.

So she signed up withCurves for Women, thenow well-known fitnesscenter with franchisesacross the country, two inMarysville and another inArlington. She goes everyMonday, Wednesday andFriday, spending a halfhour working on hydrau-lic weight machines. She

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and regular exercise hasresulted in a loss of 53pounds. She now weighs170 pounds and wearsa size 14. And as is thecase with many peoplewho work exercise intotheir daily lives, she feelsbetter physically andemotionally.

I feel amazing, she

said. I have so muchmore energy to go outand do things and Immore willing to be aleader instead of a fol-lower. Her boss com-mented on how Skidmoreis more open with thechildren and parents sheworks with. Family mem-bers comment on theweight loss and the spir-ited attitude and last yearshe was married. Myhusband is very proud ofme and he lets me knowevery day how good Imlooking. He talks aboutmy sexy legs, she addedwith a laugh.

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the clients at Curves,according to Arlingtonfranchise owner, CarolSluys. The averageperson is probably 20percent over weight,frustrated with a lack ofactivity, wants to workout but not at a normalgym, doesnt want to beseen in her fluffy state

by people she perceivesas being more fit, andranges in age from 10 to84, Sluys said. Curvestends to be a place wherewomen can be them-selves and not worryabout societal pressure.

A lot of women comein their pajamas, Sluyssaid.

Renee Miller is oneof Sluys success stories.Miller was overweight,had an irregular walkand her doctor had senther to Curves for exer-

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For Renee, this isprobably one of the bestthings to happen in herlife, Sluys said. Shes

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