It is really M.E.? ~ Give up some blood to rule these out!

 

Here are a few more things to think about if your pursuit of a formal diagnosis of M.E. is just not forthcoming and you are getting to the point of extreme frustration that many of us have found ourselves in. 
You KNOW you are not well, so check out these along your journey. Blindly insisting you have [...]

Chronically Fatigued Blogging for M.E. Day ~ 12th May 2008

If you click on this M.E. banner created by artist and fellow MEite, Rachel Groves, you can, thanks to Rachel and everyone linking up, meet other MEites from all over the world who have joined in the “Blog for ME” event that has been advertised on this site for the past month…
Here is my humble offering:

G’Day [...]

Seven genetic types of ME/CFS found at last…

See this link to the BBC article for more details - a reason to celebrate - it’s official.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7378440.stm

M.E./CFS AWARENESS DAY 12TH MAY

Please blog to your heart’s content on the 12th May 2008 and help raise awareness about this illness - blog everywhere!
Here is a link to more about it:
<a href=“http://rachelcreative.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/blogging-for-me-cfs-2008blogging-for-me-cfs-2008/”>Blogging for ME/CFS Awareness 2008</a> 
HAPPY BLOGGING!

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 [...]

Dear Doc, Tell us something we don’t f*!king well know!

CFS - It’s not all in the mind say medical researchers… Oh, for goodness sake! How many millions of sufferers have been telling you dumb lot that for years?  Don’t you think it’s just a teensy bit odd that billions of people present with the same debilitating symptoms, all over the world? Just how much [...]

Check this out! Committee for Justice/Recognition of our illness…

During a surf around the M.E. community, I came across this site when looking up seizure activity & M.E.  Whilst not exactly particular to that topic, this no nonsense site supplies powerful and important education for anyone with an interest in M.E. and getting our voice heard. It contains comprehensive info and articles on all the major issue we [...]

Got a touch of Island Sleeping Sickness?

 

Feeling a wee bit too tired? 
Have you got FIFS? - Fantasy Island Fatigue Syndrome…
Being organically environmentally anaesthetised?

I’m writing this as a general observation and to ask if anybody else relates to the following.  Perhaps you’re also a Bay Islander or live near mangrove swamps in some other part of Australia or the World? Are you a victim [...]

Yuppie flu costs Australia $525 million a year…so why no action for a cure then?

DRAINED BY THE BRAIN

Yuppie flu is real and may be caused by disruption in the brain. Clara Pirani investigates the disease, which is costing the country $525 million a year

(From The Australian, Monday, January 29, 2007)

[Picture of Lyn Wilson] 
Doubters ‘don’t have a clue’: Lyn Wilson, who first experienced the baffling symptoms of CFS 17 [...]

An open letter ~ by Ricky Buchanan

Having CFS means many things change, and a lot of them are invisible. Unlike AIDS and Cancer, most people do not understand even a little about CFS and its effects, and of those that think they know, many are actually mis-informed. In the spirit of informing those who wish to understand …
… These are the [...]