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When I first got ill in the early 80's, I don't think I ever used the word "fatigue." To me the word "fatigue" implies prior exertion. I felt like crap just sitting in one place all day. I always told doctors that I felt like I had the flu (sans fever, or upper respiratory symptoms). I doubt I...

I had a root canal and crown done in my mid-30's. So many of my molars had large fillings that I was pleased to have one less filling, thanks to the crown. Unfortunately, the root canal was not entirely successful, so it had to be redone... by drilling through the new crown and putting a...

"Anxious About ‘Re-Entering’ The World? You’re Not Alone. This Advice Will Make It Easier" Or, you could just watch the last act of "Cast Away" (2000).

I think I've only seen bits and pieces of it, but there is a 1977 Burt Reynolds movie called "Semi Tough" which is largely a satire of the then en vogue "Human Potential Movement," including est (erhard seminars training). According to wikipedia: The "Friedrich Bismark" character is...

Other objections aside, I think that, at a minimum, patients who have been ill less than five years should be strongly discouraged from undertaking any treatment with a high degree of risk for their future health. The reason is that it seems as though some patients experience a level of...

It's interesting that they are able to identify about 33,000 different viruses in the gut. I'm guessing any individual would have a fraction of the that number. They say that 97.7% of those viruses only infect the bacteria in the gut, thereby influencing the bacterial diversity and proportions...

This audiobook of Jack Finney's classic 1955 science-fiction novel, "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers," is incredibly well performed by actor Kristoffer Tabori. Tabori is actually the son of Don Siegel, the man who directed the 1956 film version starring Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter...

Since Berenson seems to be regarded as a 'Covid contrarian," perhaps we should embrace the notion that the psychological explanation of long-Covid - and, by extension, the psychological explanation of ME - are henceforth to be regarded as the "contrarian" view. :)

I think you're overlooking the fact the charming chap has undergraduate degrees in history and economics, thus making him eminently qualified to propound on the possible post-infectious consequences of a novel coronavirus... :rolleyes: Meanwhile, Dr. Fauci, the head US the Coronavirus Task...

In this short audio interview and transcript, a neuropathologist talks about how Covid-19 affects the brain and peripheral nervous system. He is asked specifically about the "fizzing feeling." https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/how-covid-19-affects-brain

Pure speculation: In the past, they've talked about testing to see if adding various drugs could alter the nanoneedle results. Perhaps they've seen some result that has led to a "new theory." This could tie in to why they want to run nanoneedle tests on 100 aliquots from a single sample, i.e...

So, wouldn't this actually then be a biomarker for both ME/CFS and GWI? ...or might be if the CFS recruitment criteria wasn't just Fukuda.

This is what he said about the "new theory." [starts at 2:44 in the video]

Dr. Ramsay wrote that there was often an interval between an infection and the initial symptoms of ME. I take that to mean that the onset of symptoms can seem to be "without apparent cause" because the patient does not associate them with an infection in the recent past from which they have...

I feel like there may be two different things going on. The NIH describes paresthesia this way: This "burning or prickling" sensation pretty much aligns with a feeling I would describe as something akin to a sunburn just under the skin. It is a sort of "fizzing" feeling that mainly affects my...

In the FT article, one of the post-Covid symptoms that infectious disease professor Paul Garner mentions that he is afflicted by is... This odd symptom of "fizzing" in the extremities is something I specifically associate with my own case of ME. I don't know if it shows up in other illnesses...

Moderator note: This post has been copied and following posts moved from this thread: Possibility of ME or PVFS after COVID-19 _______________ In the FT article, one of the post-Covid symptoms that infectious disease professor Paul Garner mentions that he is afflicted by is... This odd...

And here we have evidence that comfort is a zero sum game.

I'm not sure if this has already been posted. I came across this June 16, 2020 article on "Healthline" under the title: That's the only Fauci quote, but part of the the article is written as if post-Covid syndrome is ME. It also conveys the sense that ME is well-defined by "documented...