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  1. Kitty

    ME/CFS progression in years and stages

    This will be my 46th year of mild to moderate ME, with a slow initial onset. I was definitely exposed to EBV the year I got ME, but I never developed symptoms. Two other people I was close to (though not related to) also developed ME, all within a few years of each other. I was undiagnosed...
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    Compression Stockings Improve Cardiac Output and Cerebral Blood Flow during Tilt Testing in (ME/CFS)Patients: A Randomized Crossover Trial, 2021,Rowe

    Bloody hell! They're £13 on Amazon for a pair of Activa thigh-highs, which is the brand you get on prescription if you wear Class 1 or 2 stockings.
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    An Association of Pathogens and Biofilms with Alzheimer’s Disease, 2021

    Isn't that what causes syphilis? I wouldn't imagine it's very common at all these days, unless they're on about a different type of infection.
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    Please help me find new bedding in the UK

    I asked a friend about this today—she used to work in the garment industry, so whilst she's not an expert, she does know a bit about fabric. She wrote this for me, saying that there are several things that influence how cotton handles:- The fibre used Egyptian Nile cotton has one of the...
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    Please help me find new bedding in the UK

    Have you ever tried jersey bedding, @Hummingbird? I haven't, I just saw it on sale when I recently replaced my duvet and decided to buy some pillowslips as well. I think it's made from fabric similar to t-shirting. I'd certainly second the comment about cotton sateen. I use Next's sateen sheets...
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    Open Effectiveness of Acceptance Commitment Therapy or Micro Breaks in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

    :rofl: These idiots have never met an ME patient, have they? I mean, not even looked on Twitter. If I had to document all the micro-breaks I took in 14 hours awake, it would take days. I've taken three writing this sentence.
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    Open Effectiveness of Acceptance Commitment Therapy or Micro Breaks in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

    Funny that they don't assess the risks and burdens associated with their 'therapies', isn't it? I do hope everyone writes that in red ink all over the bloody questionnaires. In addition, obviously, to enquiring whether all these so-called studies are actually the insurance company equivalent...
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    The biology of coronavirus COVID-19 - including research and treatments

    My friend's daughter told her that she'd been so worried about getting infected at work in London that she'd done three LFTs the day before visiting someone vulnerable last week. Morning and afternoon both negative, evening one was positive. She doesn't know whether this is meaningful, but she...
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    Covid-19 vaccination experiences

    Yes, me too. Though in their case, their primary course of immunisation was described as consisting of three doses rather than two, so the fourth jab is their booster. At least one of them has been told to expect their appointment fairly soon.
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    The micro-clot finding in Long Covid — implications for the possible aetiology of ME/CFS

    The whole thing looks complicated to me, too. The immune system clears the virus quite quickly in most healthy younger people, so the theory seems to rely on fragments of a particular protein being able to hang around for an extended period to set off, and then sustain, this kind of havoc...
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