Greetings from British Columbia!! Blog from Kristina, a severe sufferer
Hello! Sally is always looking for guest bloggers to demonstrate the wide spectrum of M.E. severity. Today’s blog has been written by Kristina who lives in British Columbia. Not only does she have this dreadful illness; she also runs her own chronic illness support network called Chronic Pain Heroes. Foggy Followers who have been following …
Stress
Hello, I have insomnia and am hijacking Foggy’s blog again…sorry Foggy! Stress is one of my biggest triggers and I know I am not alone in saying that. The symptom Post Exertion Malaise doesn’t just mean the after effects of physical exercise, it can also include anything that makes your body move internally. This can …
Time to give myself a break and stop hitting myself with a big stick!
Hello, I’m sure I am not the only person out there who keeps hold of mementos and items of random stuff that hold lots of great and emotive memories. This blog is about how I have been using some of mine negatively (without meaning to), and they are a constant reminder of what could have been if I …
‘Payback’ or Post Exertion Malaise
Hello! Well, there are 36 days left!! So much has happened in the past 11 months, Foggy (and Sally’s) heads are spinning in the whirlwind! Foggy starts the long trek back from the Philippines now; he’ll soon be back in the UK. In the meantime Sally has written a blog for you all to read. …
Mindfulness
Hello! Foggy is STILL in the Philippines (3 week long trip!), so I am going to write another blog while we wait for him to set his paws back down in the UK….he’s given his permission of course 😉 Last week I attended a M.E. awareness talk in Burgess Hill run by ReMEmber. One of …
Temperature
Hello!! I haven’t written about symptoms for a while so this blog will be about the inability to regulate body temperature. Fortunately, I can use today as an example to highlight how tricky it can be. Today I attended a 4 hour staff training event. It was informative and enjoyable; however, the building it was …
Guest Blog – Rachel’s Experience of M.E.
Hello! Foggy asked for guest bloggers to write blog posts for him; this is a guest blog post from Rachel, a mild M.E. sufferer. Hi, Glandular fever swept through our sixth form college like wildfire; which isn’t that abnormal amongst a group of 17-year-olds I guess. Except I never seemed to get better. I was …
Self-doubt
Hello, Foggy is resting his paws in Deal, Kent; waiting to jet off to the Philippines on Sunday morning. He has given me permission to write another blog post. Hi, I have made some truly wonderful friends through this campaign and I hope these lovely people are now lifelong amigos. They constantly praise my efforts …
International ME/CFS Awareness Day – May 12th 2015
Hello, It was International ME/CFS Awareness Day on the 12th May and to mark the occasion and to ‘do my bit’, I gave an informal, awareness raising talk in a lecture theatre at the University of Portsmouth (Thank you for allowing me use of the facilities for a private venture – much appreciated). In the …