Yes, it's not something to worry about. My cousin says there was a lot of UC fraud when Covid hit, and there are still some issues it. It wasn't...
:hug: They'll always write to you in late March/early April about the uprating, and in December about the Christmas bonus. Eventually you get...
The word "we" seems to be doing a lot of work. Presumably "we" would need to be warned of the substantial risks and tiny likelihood of success....
My GP did explain it to me—it was something to do with the relationship to aspirin, which is known to aggravate symptoms in some asthmatics—but I...
Ibuprofen just seemed to worsen my asthma (I used to get quite extreme period pain and tried it as part of attempting to relieve that), but I...
It is appalling, and way beyond anything I'd experienced before. I really feel for you, and hope you can find some solutions. Had I not been able...
That's a good point, @Peter Trewhitt. I haven't felt under so little stress since I was about six. After leaving work I had to sort out applying...
You left out sharks, avalanches and passive aggressive managers.
I commented to the BBC twice that whole series of programmes would pass without any acknowledgement that disability even exists. There weren't...
Yup, and I'd add that it's true a lot of studies have been done, but most of them were rubbish. The work needs to be based on detailed clinical...
Yup! Though if you're ginger with see-through skin that has no tanning ability, you're insanely conscientious about covering it up. Only takes...
Hell yes! Our lot all had metal hips and knees by my age, and it cost a lot of pain to earn them. Mine are in fantastic nick. Also, I have an...
I've only had it for a few periods, but I agree it's the worst. It feels as if there's a pollutant or something that you need to flush out, but it...
I don't define it that way. Mine would be more like: A delayed increase in daily ME/CFS symptoms, a reduction in functional capacity, and feeling...
Theoretically, they're interested in how the illness affects you rather than the diagnosis itself. "Osteoarthritis" can mean anything from people...
The same reason you don't try to read the British Library's 13 million books in the hope of finding the one you want. It's not a rational way to...
Yes, push-crash is often expressed as a cycle. We need something that conveys having so little functional capacity you're never able to escape...
Oh God yes. Because "boom" means doing an essential activity, and "bust" means being made ill by it. What the expression conveys is more like...
That's not really true, though. I've never been severely ill, but PEM can be triggered by both environmental stimuli (mostly noise) and eating...
What would make me hesitant is the fact that for many with ME/CFS (probably the majority) it's nearly always the trigger. It would be very hard to...
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