It seems to be part of a series on chronic pain called The Pain that Can't be Seen, which I think started this week.
Most daily living activities are actually a whole series of steps when you break them down, and that's the problem. I usually know from experience...
Had my F2F appointment today. I do appear to have lipoedema, but possibly not Dercum's, which is interesting. Some of my lipomas join up to form...
Radio 4 has been promoting some recordings by CBeebies to help get children to sleep, which are called Calming Sounds. I tried listening to the...
We're normal human beings? Well, fancy that. ETA: Sorry, feeling sleep deprived and grumpy today!
I've been wondering what the new approach will be, given that the draft guideline only makes recommendations against treatments. That's sound...
As a non-medic, the only thing I can think of is that ME appears to affect our bodies' ability to process sodium and simple sugars. Some of us...
My resting heart rate is elevated slightly when I'm in PEM (I alway get immune-type symptoms and overstimulation), going from around 55-56 to...
I saw another online comment yesterday from someone who (like me) found their function restored temporarily to normal after receiving the AZ...
Years ago I used to go on group hikes with a trigeminal neuralgia sufferer, whose pain could be triggered by any light touch on his face...
I don't know, but at least I haven't had any ME-type disbelief from doctors about the symptoms I get if I eat potato products. Food intolerance...
I agree, it was! I find podcasts so much easier to access than videos.
In my experience it's employers, channelled through patients. Employers expect sick employees to Do Something to improve the situation, and so...
Listening to it in instalments this morning. For anyone who finds certain electronic music tones physically painful, just skip the first 45...
I wondered whether this was the best term, but I'm not sure. Partly because it may not translate culturally and linguistically, and partly because...
But on the other hand, if I kept telling the world I went swimming last week and it was my enormous determination and strength of character that...
Absolutely – they don't want to pass it on to anyone if they can help it, which is another reason for letting everyone know that the symptoms...
I think a lot of the transmission is between younger people and children, who usually wouldn't be made seriously ill by any of the variants. The...
Merged thread - Delta variant Covid symptoms ‘include headaches, sore throat and runny nose’ Title says it all, really – here's a Guardian...
#4: Downstream effects of upstream corruption
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