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Thanks for sharing @Eagles. Once again, each section contains a summary at the end, for those unable to read the full text. Please note that it is not necessary to have read the previous parts before reading this one. Some quotes from Part 3: “Speaking from a personal perspective, I have...

I think a distinction needs to be made between exercise and graded exercise. In some cases, gentle exercise can be of benefit provided it is within the person’s safe limits. The very nature of graded exercise, however, is that those safe limits are constantly challenged and any warning symptoms...

@Sly Saint, I’m really glad you drew my attention to it. My online time is very limited and I miss a lot of things. The guidelines had passed me by, but as soon as I read them I felt I wanted to write about them.

Thank you @Trish. Do you think they would willingly circulate something so critical of their own publication?

Thanks @Barry. As @NelliePledge says, they’re not a charity. In their own words they are “a multidisciplinary organisation for UK professionals who are involved in the evidence-based management of patients.”

Thanks @Andy. I’ll correct it. It’s amazing how hard it can be to proofread your own writing!

Thanks @NelliePledge. I had meant to alert them too. I think the upcoming parts on deconditioning and GET will be especially relevant to them.

Thank you @Oni

This is so true @Snowdrop.

:) I hope so :)

Thanks for sharing @Kalliope

Thank you @Trish

Way back in January, @Sly Saint asked for my thoughts on the BACME guidelines on severe ME. I initially intended writing a short response here, but it became too long and I decided to make it a blog post. However, life threw several major challenges at me in the first half of the year, and it’s...

Thanks very much. I’ll look into this.

Does anyone know of research into sensory sensitivities in ME? (I know MERUK have something in motion, but is there anything already published?) Or anything that outlines possible causes?

Thank you @ProudActivist And yes, that’s exactly it.

Thank you so much, Snowflake.

That’s so true.

Thank you Michiel.