Hello all, Brandy here.

I am a Fibromyalgia, ME, Rheumatoid Arthritis & Osteoporosis carer for Emme. I thought that I would let you all know what a caring role entails and maybe it will help other carers on Foggy Friends. I hope so anyway.

7.30am

Just up and checking my email before the day starts for everyone else. It’s ...

I was a very healthy 50 year old working for the NHS in a clinical role as a Operating Department Practitioner. This meant working shift patterns and on call rota's, so most weeks for at least ...

I have always been an active person. I love the countryside and the sea. As a child I was labelled as 'hyperactive' and was always up to something be it building go carts or climbing trees. I was a proper 'Tom-boy'. My family life as a child ...

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

A 3 word phrase.

Simplistic, but beholds much depth that is beyond imagination.

At the age of 13, I was diagnosed with CFS after battling an immunological attack on ...

Hi, my names is Natascha-Rose.

I was constantly ill with viruses and in and out of my last years in school - meaning that I missed a lot of time and failed my GCSE'S. Slightly disappointed ...

I was a very professional single mother of three children. It had taken me years of studying at college and then Uni but the day I got my degree was the proudest day of my life. All the hard work of doing course work at all hours had paid off..... I took a few months off just to be a full time ...