Hi, It’s nearly Christmas! Foggy is so excited in Thailand, I think he is driving Kat slightly crackers! In a recent blog, I said that for the first 8 or so years of my illness, I played down the severity of my symptoms and many of my friends didn’t realise M.E was a big deal. …
Hi, Well, it has certainly been an eventful 36 hours! I would like to apologise to my parents for wrecking their Sunday afternoon. We were all cosied up in our living room, all set for an afternoon of Christmas movies. I was having a payback day so was in the mood to be a sloth …
Hi! I’m sure I am not alone in that most of my friends do not live in the same city as me. I have 2 friends within a 5-mile radius of my house but most of my friends live at least 2 hours drive away. This means that, due to my health and their busy …
Hi, M.E sufferers are exceptionally good at micromanagement. We have to be, otherwise we would be constantly flat-lining. We have to plan our energy down to the minutest detail as we know just 5 minute of too much exertion could set us back for hours, if not days. As an example, I was supposed to …
Hi, Twice in a the past fortnight, I have been asked ‘what makes M.E so special?’. It has been pointed out to me that healthcare professionals don’t get trained on EVERYTHING at med school, and that they learn on the job. Fair points. I didn’t have enough energy to formulate a response at the time …
Hi, Since starting Foggy back in 2014, I have complained about having ‘M.E sore throats’. They kinda go along with the notion that M.E feels like having flu every single day as its baseline. Without waffling on about biology, it’s to do with having glands in that part of our body that flare up when …
Hi! Foggy’s paws are back in the UK but won’t be back in Foggy HQ until Tuesday. So much has been going on over the past 4-6 weeks I figured it made more sense to round it all up in one hit. Unrest It was an absolute honour to host a screening of this amazingly …
Hi, Did you know that Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E), otherwise known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), affects over 21,000 children and young adults here in the UK? ME Foggy Dog is a UK-based, social media driven, social enterprise.Between 2014-2-18, Team Foggy raised over £10k for the ME Association. Foggy, a soft toy, is a globetrotting adventurer …
Hi, I have a very painful right side of my body and no doctor has ever been able to put their finger on what caused it or why it has been long-term pain. Let me explain. I had skin cancer back in 2012, it was a very ‘not bad-looking mole’ that didn’t look quite right …
Hi, The subject of loneliness is a hot topic at the moment. MPs are getting involved, many local cafes in Portsmouth are holding ‘Loneliness dining’ for people who need support and some company. The subjects of inclusion and loneliness made me think about how M.E affects us in terms of loneliness. I wrote a blog …
