Hey guys, and a very warm welcome from me! I’m meg, and I’m the writer of this blog- all things ME/ CFS and chronic illness! This is chronically ME 🙂
I thought I’d start by introducing myself! I’m meg, I’m a soon to be second-year uni student studying biosciences at Durham University. I was diagnosed with ME/ CFS, also known as myalgic encephalitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome, when I was in year 11 at school after suffering with symptoms for 2 years prior. I’ve been to hundreds of doctors’ appointments, had many many different tests done and listened the classic ‘make sure you’re drinking lots of water and getting enough rest’ enough times throughout my journey with chronic illness, but after many failed attempts of trialled and tested recovery methods and countless tears shed, I’m very pleased to announce that my life is starting to get back on track, and I’m now in a place where I have the time and energy to try to raise awareness and help other people going through what I did.
I want this blog to be a safe space for anyone suffering from chronic illness, no matter where you are in your journey. Whether you’re experiencing a crash or a flare-up, you’re relapsing after a period of symptom improvement, you’re struggling mentally with the emotional turmoil that comes with a chronic illness diagnosis, or you’re looking for someone who understands… I understand.
I want this blog to be real, and I’m going to be delving into the ups and many many downs of my experience of chronic fatigue syndrome. I’m not a doctor, this isn’t medical nor psychological advice, but rather a place where I will share my personal experience of chronic illness and some of the things that I believe helped with symptom improvement over the years. I’d like to preface this blog by saying that I understand that recovery from ME/CFS doesn’t happen for everyone, however an improvement in symptoms over time can be seen widely amongst individuals with the condition. As I said earlier, I am not a doctor and nothing I write in this blog is medical advice. This is purely my experience of some of the small, and some larger things that I incorporated into my life to aid in my symptom improvement. If that can help even one person out there struggling with ME/CFS, then I’ll feel I’ve done my duty as someone who is starting to come out the other side.
This blog is mainly aimed at people with mild/ moderate ME/CFS as that is what most of my experience entailed. Although all readers are of course welcome, and I’m sure will relate to a lot of what I write about! I hope this is a place where my readers can come to feel safe and supported, and if there are any topics you would like me to cover here, please get in touch.
All my love,
meg x