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
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Hi my name is Dawnymarie and I am now 38 years old, but very young at heart!
In April 2002 I started nurse training, my dad was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer and we were moving house. Three of the most stressful things I have ever been
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I don't know whether my story will depress you or give you hope. I guess it depends what your own starting point is. It is meant to give hope to those of you at the bottom end of the scale.
It was 1982 and I was 14 when I caught Glandular Fever, I guess that was the end of one bit of my life and
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So, where to start? My first real recollection of there being anything wrong was when I was 24, I had just split up with my fiancée and was working quite hard as an HGV driver. I was also sharing a house with a school friend of
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I've had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for just over a year, but only got the diagnosis six months ago, so I've only started listening to my body. I have all the usual symptoms,
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I have got M.E. - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome - Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome - or 'Yuppie Flu' ... Take your pick!!
I started with tingling sensations in mid 1996 to my back, neck, and limbs after raising a stiff sash window at work. It was also at this stage I first experienced what I know now as "brain fog". The week before the window incident
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