Day to day life with CFS
It might sound odd hearing about someone with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or any chronic illness/disability, playing football, any sport actually, but I do try to play as often as possible. Which isn't very often.
A post from a time of frustration about Long Covid and my associated worries.
I realised about a month ago, in fact it was at the start of Lockdown 2: Electric Avenue when I realised that I hadn't made a post on here in ages.
Why do I use the term Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and not Myalgic Encephalomyelitis?
Going private for my healthcare has been on my mind a lot recently.
Since Saturday I've been back in work getting the centre ready for opening up on 3rd August. I've missed it, but it's been hard work. I did Saturday, Sunday, Monday painting walls. I was meant to be in on Tuesday for more painting but there was no way I could manage that. I was in … Continue reading Back to Work
There may be brief mentions of things that are triggering for some people. If you decide to not read this post I want to say that I completely, 100%, understand and appluad you for doing what you need to, I know that can be hard sometimes. I wish you well with whatever you're dealing with.
I'm sure we've all done silly things in our lives. The classic thinking you've lost your phone while calling someone on it, walking into a room but forgetting why, those sorts of things. But my latest thought got me thinking about all the silly things I've done because of CFS and brain fog.
Over-stimulation is something I've been experiencing a lot of lately. I've been trying to write about it for over a year, I think I've finally found the words I needed.
So May 12th is International ME/CFS Awareness Day. You might notice that the day I'm posting this is May 14th. Why is that?
Living With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 