Hello everyone! I finished Part 3 I finished with me leaving Uni in October 2014. I had been so ill whilst at Uni, I barely made any of my lectures/seminars (to really put that in perspective, I was in 10 hours a week) and I was pretty miserable and lonely, despite my best friend living a floor above me, and my boyfriend living in the city. Nothing was going to take away that ache I felt every day that I wasn’t happy and that I should go home. Continue reading
In the last ‘How it all Began’ post I talked about the lead up to my diagnosis of ME/CFS. That was in July 2014. We’re now coming up two years since then… TWO YEARS! Where the time has gone, I really don’t know, but what I do know is that A LOT has happened since then. I have grown so much as a person, I have found new hobbies that I now couldn’t imagine life without (hello, blogging!) and I made such good friends with people who I didn’t even know back in July 2014. Continue reading
Living with an illness is hard. It means being ill… I know, crazy right?! It means constant worry that you’re going to be ill. And it means your life is spent managing your illness to avoid being ill. Continue reading
In today’s post I am going to talk about Brain Fog and how it can be just as debilitating as the fatigue you get with chronic illness such as ME/CFS. I’m hoping that this post will help anyone who suffers with brain fog and also any family and friends of someone who suffers from it. It is so important to have an understanding of this symptom as it can affect so many people and a lot of people who have it don’t actually understand what it is! I for one didn’t when I first started experiencing it! If you want to read about other symptoms of ME/CFS you can do so here. Continue reading
There are a few obvious symptoms of ME/CFS which are often talked about, including fatigue, muscle and joint pain and brain fog but in this post I am going to discuss the symptoms of the illness that aren’t talked about as much! Brain fog can actually be split into separate symptoms anyway and it can be difficult to understand so I have laid out a few examples below. I think it is so important for people to be aware of these symptoms as well as the main ones, as these can affect sufferers during day-to-day life, even if they are on a ‘good day’. Continue reading
Living with ME 