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Interesting. I had a course of high dose clarithromycin at the beginning of this month for a large abscess. As well as sorting out the abscess, it seems to have righted whatever was causing the IBS I've had for six years, and the drenching hot flushes I've had since 2005 every time my bladder is...

Gosh, that's awful. Let's hope she improves as she recovers from the surgery.

Indeed, and it's pretty useless as an indicator if you also have arthritis...

Lovely. And no bright colours on the screen that you have to cover up before you can start reading...always a bonus!

It's especially hard to estimate the prevalence now they've discovered someone with an active infection but no symptoms of illness. It's therefore possible that people can spread it without even knowing they have it. I agree it's not worth worrying at the moment, specially when you think about...

Yes, possibly. I didn't even know ticks existed until years later, and it was probably the early 2000s before I'd heard of Lyme disease. If one of us had found a tick, we might have asked about it; as it was, I assumed the rash was a scrape from scrambling hillside scree or climbing up rock...

Thanks to @Michiel Tack for this work...and thanks to @Peter Trewhitt for elucidating how my brain works! :rofl: I'm frustratingly unsure whether I or not was exposed to Lyme, but because of that, I'm interested in the topic. I've always found debates about post-Lyme syndrome a bit suspect –...

Me too! Most people learn to compose written work in childhood, without really being aware of how long it takes to learn to do it at reasonable speed. Dictation is every bit as much of a skill, and I think anyone who's not used to doing it would struggle to compose more than a sentence or two...

I don't have problems sitting up unless I'm already crashed, but I really struggle with leaning forward to plant things in my raised beds. It's bizarre how much difference a relatively small change of position makes!

Me too, until I was finally diagnosed in my 50s! :laugh:

I found speech to text much more tiring than typing, specially as the applications seem to be trained mainly to understand American accents. (These are somewhat thin on the ground in the part of Yorkshire where I was born!) It takes so long to keep repeating the phrase until the software's...

Me too, I became ill at 17 but wasn't diagnosed until many years later. It didn't help that I'm autistic, and hadn't learned to talk with doctors very well (I lacked 'theory of mind' until well into my late 20s). I'm a renter living on benefits, but it's not the reason I stopped using a...

It's excellent news, isn't it – very encouraging. This is true, but so far no money has been available to spend on publicity, and I don't think GP practices or hospital clinics have been approached yet (it's too early to get them on board). I think if the team can utilise these channels, as...

Thanks for posting your experiences with it, @strategist – it's an interesting topic. I found liquid carnitine like amphetamine or something, causing shaking, dizziness, vastly increased orthostatic intolerance, and a wired brain. I can take so little without rapid side effects that it's not...

Gosh, that's quicker than I expected! Excellent – will keep everything crossed.

Yes! I was good at languages at school, but since becoming ill I've made concerted attempts to learn two. Nothing doing – I can neither grasp the grammar nor retain the vocabulary. :rolleyes:

True – I've never earned a lot and haven't had access to a company pension scheme since about 1983, but I did persuade my employer to make me redundant instead of cutting my hours by more than half (which is what they wanted to do). I even did the budget, pointing out that they could employ...

It's always good to review paperwork in your own time, before you get to the point where your hand is forced. Coming out of work is quite an emotional process, even if you know it's probably going to be the best decision you ever made! It's a big adjustment, which takes some time. I live alone...

Not really true in my case. I've recovered better function than before a couple of times, after a relapse forced me to rest for an extended period. The gains weren't enormous – and were almost certainly due to the rest – but they weren't a worsening. My function now is somewhat lower than it...

I'm so sorry you're at this stage – I've been through it, too (only without the insurance!) I've never had access to anything like that, but sometimes in these situations they may need your employer to agree first that you're not well enough to continue. It's worth at least being mentally...