Member Stories

One of the things I find the most difficult to deal with this illness is the burden placed on those who love us. When I first met my husband, Richard over twenty years ago I was active, bright, vivacious ...

I’m a 44 year old lady, living in Gloucester. Here’s my M.E. story:

I was “officially” diagnosed with M.E. in March 2005 at the M.E/CFS Clinic at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol. It was a huge relief. I honestly thought I was going mad, that ...

I have been sickly for most of my life and with hindsight I would say I've had CFS on and off since childhood though I wasn't diagnosed until I was 31, 4 years ago.

I will concentrate ...

It all started in April 2007. I started feeling really drained with no energy. My arms felt heavy and I walked round in a world of my own.

After a couple of weeks I thought I had better go ...

Hi everyone at Foggy Friends. Welcome to my story! Here I'll tell you all about how I went from a super active child, to an aspiring young IT worker, to a full time M.E. sufferer, as well as my struggles with mental health problems and my story in regards to how my M.E. developed and was eventually realised and diagnosed. I hope you enjoy it!


MY BEST YEARS

I was a very active youngster. I loved football as a little boy. If I wasn't having a kick about with my various mates ...

At first my life was going so well, I had lots of friends went out all the time, was the last to leave the party exactly how a teenager should be. Then glandular fever came along, but as a head strong teenager ...