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

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 [...]

Dumbing M.E. down?

 
 ~ Rain ~
Photo by David S. Bell, (MD)
 
I guess this is what we all suspect - M.E./CFS really does dumb you down… Once even called M.E. Dementia, Dr. David S. Bell gives his views on the cognitive impairments so often experienced by sufferers… 
Check out his smart & informative web site and cool (hobby) photo’s at:   http://www.davidsbell.com/index.htm

CEREBRAL ATROPHY
Introduction
I do [...]

Setting things straight - CFS and M.E. are not the same illness…

Myalgic Encepahalomyelitis is not fatigue, or ‘CFS’

Copyright © by Jodi Bassett June 2007 on www.ahummingbirdsguide.com
This version updated February 2008
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) is not synonymous with being tired all the time. If a person is very fatigued for an extended period of time this does not mean they are having a ‘bout’ of M.E. To suggest [...]

The Myths about M.E. by Jodi Bassett.

The Myths about M.E.

Copyright © Jodi Bassett, April 2006There are so many myths about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and many of them are so widespread that it is not uncommon to read articles in the media composed ENTIRELY of such material. Articles which do not contain even one legitimate fact about the illness!
For a long time this [...]