I'm feeling really guilty for having this chronic fatigue that no one can properly diagnose ( Read more... )

I just stumbled upon this BBC article, & I haven't been around the community lately, so maybe this is old news. Hopefully I'm not repeating anything.

The XMRV virus that supposedly offered chronic fatigue syndrome patients (& possibly Fibromites, too?) hope, turns out to possibly be just a contaminated study. :P

I'm having a really bad day, & I'm ( Read more... )

Hi! So, on tumblr.com my friend Amanda and myself (I'm Megz), have started a support group for fibro and any other chronic or invisible illnesses called fucknofibro.tumblr.com--so if any of you guys have tumblrs (or you can make a tumblr, it's super easy) follow us! We probably won't be totally started up until after the first of the year, though ( Read more... )

There's an interesting article in the Washington Post : "Migranes, Memory Loss: Was it All in His Head?" by Sandra Boodman  about a teenager who developed postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (pots). People with chronic fatigue or FM often have similar problems with blood pressure or heart rate changing drastically between sitting, standing, ( Read more... )

A New Study ( Read more... )

Greetings! Its been awhile since I posted, I know. Life took over and I forgot, but I've been having this serious blogging urge lately, which feels odd, to have a urge to blog, of all things. So here I am.

I am taking four classes this semester, going from 9-3 with a lunch break in there, MWF. So tuesday and thursday I rest. In theory. Only on ( Read more... )