Unrest

Morning All, Foggy, lucky moo, is starting his week-long cruise on the Cunard Liner- the Queen Elizabeth today. He is going to touch his paws down in Sicily, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Split, Venice and the Messina Straits. Loads of mileage! Whoop! While he is away I am working hard promoting my screening of Unrest on November …

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M.E. Pain – Describing the Indescribable

Hi, One subject that I am unable to talk about is that of M.E pain. It isn’t something I have any experience of….well, apart from a new development in the form of constant sharp pain in my little and fourth toes on my left foot (POSSIBLY M.E. relatedem>). This new pain does not make me …

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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis…..what?!

Hi, Shocking confession coming up……  When I started ME Foggy Dog I knew NOTHING about M.E. Well, nothing apart from my own personal symptoms, many of which had never been explained by doctors as being part of M.E. I went through seven years of suffering and not having a clue what was happening or what …

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Technology and Self-Employment

Hi, I wrote this blog back in 2015, in it I explain how technology, phones and social media, is draining. My life has changed significantly since then so I am going to explain how technology affects my life now. I have my own business…wooo get me! (Update – Business closed in Sept 2018 to set up …

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Question

Hi, So, I asked Foggy’s Followers to send questions for me to answer in a blog. They could be about M.E./CFS, Foggy’s campaign, or about me personally. I’m an open book so happy to answer whatever is thrown at me. I received a question from Megan.Rose06 on Instagram. She asked: When were you diagnosed with …

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Inconsistency

Hello, Sometimes, reading other people’s accounts of their M.E experience is like reading a foreign language. In the 10 years since my diagnosis, I have only ever received a CBT referral. Despite having a wide range of symptoms, for which there are specialists, I have never been referred. So when other M.E sufferers talk about …

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‘Of course that happens…it’s your M.E.’

Hi, How many of us have visited chiropractors, dentists, physios etc and been fobbed off with ‘Of course that happens, it’s your M.E’? It’s happened to me hundreds of times! I’m writing this blog because it seems bizarre to me that we are always being told that the healthcare profession either doesn’t believe it’s a …

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Invisible Disability

Apologies, I have had to take my eye off the M.E. ball for the past 6 days.  I have been doing the bare minimum for Foggy and I feel bad for it. As you may or may not be aware, my dad has been exceptionally ill since Monday and his diagnosis required ambulances, A & …

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Open Letter to Eastenders

Hello, I have a question. Why has Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) not been represented in any of your storylines since your show started in 1985? It affects 250,000 people here in the UK and EVERYONE knows someone who has the illness. I am asking you to be brave and bold, highlight an enormously misunderstood life-altering illness …

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