:) This is good news. I definitely eat a cheese heavy diet :) That’s ALL types of cheese, my current favourite being Emmental.
I think she blocked far wider than just people who sent or liked abusive tweets. Pretty sure I haven’t liked anything abusive, and certainly not...
@Sean All my spoons are currently absorbed. (I’m laying low after a good event :)) And, I haven’t followed this closely enough to comment right...
That’s good to hear.
Sad that they choose to say CFS/ME. Perhaps it is a recycled ad, but even so. :(
This.
Another question is why Cochrane can’t accept the evidence reviews of the new guideline from NICE? Why repeat the effort?
Agree. And PEM sucks at whatever level it is set at. It allows no negotiation, just constant appeasement to it’s whims. :(
Put simply I think we have an inability to get fitter at will. To me that is a defining feature of ME, and PEM is the reason why we are unable to...
Pacing can help me reduce how often I have PEM symptoms, but I don’t really think it is possible for me to avoid PEM altogether - even now that I...
This! Exactly this! There were of course some robust discussions, but there was considerable compassion towards patients from all quarters. The...
CO2 intolerance! Sure what’s another intolerance amongst the many others! :rofl: It’s hard to know what’s what with ME. As you say the low CO2...
Though if some homeostatic check was altered within ME metabolism, that made our bodies correct to the “wrong” level of CO2, then it might be...
So what if low CO2 is a thing for ME peeps (and not just an artefact of the stress of the test)? AND What if that low CO2 in the blood then...
Hypocapnia - I had to look it up. It’s reduced carbon dioxide in the blood. Maybe that could also contribute to our inability to ramp up...
ABI - Acquired Brain Injury NTBI - Non Traumatic Brain Injury. @Trish I think that’s correct. ;)
My n=1 observation tells me that when I regularly drink home-made kefir my mood stays good. Miss it for more than a week and I find my mood...
I think it might be interesting. Perhaps they’ll find something that is unique to sufferers? Or maybe they won’t, but it's worth a look surely?...
Yes to advice - absolutely, but treatment is something else, it suggests the worry is not appropriate.
Yet also, although naturally “worried”, this is not something that a doctor should feel they need to treat! Edit - Nor in my view should they...
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