No Poster Girl | Life With Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: A bed-lyin', pill-poppin', muscle-wastin' good time.
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Description: Heads up, folks! This is probably the most important post I will ever write. It's certainly one I feel very passionate about. It's also a bit daunting, because I really want to get it right, to write this post in such a way that people will understand the truth in what I'm saying and pass…
Heads up, folks! This is probably the most important post I will ever write. It’s certainly one I feel very passionate about. It’s also a bit daunting, because I really want to get it right, to write this post in such a way that people will understand the truth in what I’m saying and pass it on. So, here it goes.
ME is not CFS. By CFS, I am of course referring to the diagnosis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Everywhere you go, you see the two names combined. Many patients themselves abbreviate their illness as “MECFS,” “CFS/ME,” etc. This is incorrect. Doing so hurts literally hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Let me explain.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis got its name long ago based on what experts saw in patients with the disorder, as well as the autopsy results of many of these patients. What the autopsies showed was inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, deterioration of the dorsal root ganglia, and more. One of the hallmark symptoms of ME is heightened muscle fatiguability after minimal exertion with extended recovery time. This means our muscles fatigue very quickly while performing even trivial tasks – often to the point o
No Poster Girl | Life With Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: A bed-lyin', pill-poppin', muscle-wastin' good time.
CFS Central
Fibroflicka med Myalgisk Encefalomyelit