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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Everyone…meet ‘Fred the Head’

Hello! I experienced a sudden onset of symptoms earlier and it occurred to me that ‘payback’ always starts with the same sensation. I get a tingling, heavy sensation at the back of my head, where the Occipital bone is located on the skull. From this point my head gets heavier and heavier, to the point …

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M.E. is a global illness – Emerge Australia

Hello! Foggy is loving his time in Brisbane, Australia with Sally’s mum Carol. Foggy wants people to realise that it doesn’t matter where you live in the world you could either have, or know someone who has M.E. So, Sally was given the task of contacting an M.E. organisation in Australia to see if they …

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Easter in Italy

Hi, Since returning to the UK from Italy, I have had worse than normal ME symptoms. This is what ME sufferers call ‘payback’, It’s kind of ‘you had a fantastic time and now you are going to pay for it’. My own personal payback usually kicks in 2 days after the exertion and lasts a …

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Italia!!

Hello, Foggy is enjoying being back at Foggy HQ with Sally, just resting his paws before seeing the delights of Italia! Sally has been worrying a little bit; this is why…. Hi! Not long to go now!! I will be heading to Marco Polo airport in Venice with my friend Alessia and Foggy in 2 …

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Exercise

Hello!! Foggy has just got back to Foggy HQ; he had such a lovely time with Jools and co in Osaka, Japan that he is a little sad to to be home. If you would like to see the photos of his trip please take a look at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1567105276883726.1073741868.100007528067190&type=1&l=88332b8314 (You can take a look even …

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Where has Foggy been already?

Hello! Sally keeps telling people where I am going next but I want new Followers to know where I have already been! It’s a long list…ready?…. Snowdonia, UK Royal Albert hall, London, UK London, Visa office, UK Vindalanda, UK Jersey, UK Stonehenge, UK Bude, Cornwall, UK and then I went GLOBAL!! Kusadasi, Turkey Sandown, Isle …

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Loneliness….a by-product of M.E.

Hello, So, I am hijacking Foggy’s blog again while he is having a whale of a time in Hawaii. In this blog post I want to address the issue of loneliness felt by M.E. sufferers. Before anyone gets their knickers in a twist, I am well aware that absolutely any human can experience feelings of …

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