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 …

Read more

What’s In A Name?

Hello!! Foggy is currently having a wonderful time with the Neighbours on Ramsay Street in Australia and so has allowed Sally to write this blog post. There is big news in the world of M.E. and he thinks Sally should highlight it. So here goes… Hello, Last night the Institute of Medicine in the US …

Read more

Misleading and not helpful

Hi,I deliberately keep this campaign light and upbeat as I feel there are more than enough heart wrenching ME life experience blogs/campaigns/websites in the world already. I am trying to make this campaign engaging and enjoyable to follow whilst highlighting the awfulness of this increasingly common debilitating illness. I think non sufferers do not understand …

Read more

Work

Hey! Foggy thinks Sally has been pushing herself a little bit too hard and wishes she would/could slow down a bit (Not possible Fogs). Foggy would like his non-M.E. sufferer Followers to understand why work demands can make symptoms worse. He is going to use Sally’s typical work day as an example to show how …

Read more

Pacing Therapy

Hello!Today Foggy wants to talk about Pacing therapy.When Sally was first diagnosed (it took them 3 years to work out what was wrong!), she was told to ‘pace’ herself and to think of her energy levels as a battery. She should always try and keep her energy battery half full. ME sufferers never have a …

Read more

M.E./C.F.S. – Misunderstood

I want to remind you of the reason I have created this fun, upbeat, globetrotting campaign. M.E. is a massively misunderstood, under-researched, increasingly common debilitating illness. I’m ‘lucky’ in that I ‘only’ have mild M.E. Fortunately, this means I am still able to work full time though with difficulty some days. My symptoms are: Extreme …

Read more