Pour M.E. another toxic shock, darling?

Behind M.E. Cellar Door…
 © Zarynity 2008
The Vintners & Brewers of the world oughta be worried, very worried. As billions of people find themselves falling victim to the neurological nightmare illness of M.E., around 95% of them will find, for some befuddling reason, they just can’t handle alcohol anymore.  Not even the wee’est of drams. It goes with the [...]

M.E. V’s “CFS” The Impact…

Here is a copy of an unedited group email by Jodi Bassett from A Hummingbirds Guide to M.E.
*please repost widely* *please repost widely* *please repost widely* *please repost widely* *please repost widely*
PLEASE read this paper if you are a M.E. advocate or sufferer and you use or support the terms ‘ME/CFS’ or ‘CFS/ME’…
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Problems with the use [...]

E M.E.R G E N C Y! A desperate plea from M.E….

CARE 4 M.E. CENTRES
Are imaginary ~ just like this killer disease…

I am crying as I struggle to type this message through my own weak body. I’m hardly capable of crying anymore, so this is a big deal. Huge. I am so very, very, bloody sad… Why?
Because I know of  a young woman with very severe M.E. who is [...]

ABOUT me and M.E.

Zarynity (Zarii) Bow-Dern
Moderating Soulblogger for
MIMES ~ Macleay Island M.E. Support On-line Info & Community Site.
Serving the Bay Islands & Redland Shire in S.E. Queensland.
Stuff about me…
Thought this might be a good idea, to save answering more emails about it! I am not a man from Israel, despite my name! In my case, the [...]

Torturing M.E…

Life Thief from hell…
The ultimate weapon of mass destruction.
© Zarynity 2008
Or is M.E. the ultimate in karmic payout? It is not irrational, often after a relapse attack, once the mind is lucid enough to contemplate this question. Most people with a long term disabling condition would have wondered at some time or another “Why me?”.  This is [...]

Dr. Hooper ~ DVD download link

Through the interesting Satori-5 M.E. site, you can download Dr. Hooper’s DVD for free.
http://www.satori-5.co.uk/1_severe_me/prof_hooper_dvd.html

Pneumonia germ may be the cause…

Not the latest info, but worthy of a mention here:
Research Reveals Common Bacterium Chlamydia Pneumoniae may be Culprit in ME/CFS, FM and MS
You may not have heard much about the common bacterium Chlamydia pneumoniae, pronounced “Kluh-MID-ee-uh New-MOAN-eye-A.” Compared to its notorious sexually transmitted relative, Chlamydia trachomatis, it is an obscure pathogen. But some of the world’s [...]

What’s new in M.E. land? Medical/Research Updates…

From the Daily Telegraph, 18 March 2008A simple blood test may revolutionise the way we treat patients with ME, reports Bob Ward.
British researchers are close to developing, for the first time, a blood test and potential drug treatments for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), following groundbreaking work on its genetic [...]

Cheer and Jeer for M.E.! Help M.E.! Be Aware of M.E.!

On 28 Monday April 2008, between  9.50am and 5pm, The Royal Society of Medicine (UK) will be holding a “conference” about the invented psycho-bullshit ‘CFS.’ All the usual devotees will be ranting: Simon Wessely, Peter White, Anthony Pinching, Anthony Cleare, Mansel Aylward (formerly UNUM’s flunkey at the Dept of Work & Pensions, now in charge of the UNUM Centre for Disability [...]

Waxing Lyrica-l? It could happen to M.E. and you…

Now settle down, close your eyes, take a deep breath and visualise…
Wouldn’t it be amazing, if, out of the blue, Doctor de Nyal totally acknowledged your ”imaginary” Fibromyalgia? Yes, I know, don’t laugh, stay focused now…keep breathing…stop sniggering…
Even after years of telling you it’s all in your mind, you are definitely bonkers, tut tutting and refusing to sign your rather [...]