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I hate to break it to UK members, but the shielding programme has been axed: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/entire-covid-shielding-programme-quietly-axed-for-good-on-day-of-cabinet-reshuffle/ar-AAOvtkd?ocid=ASUDHP&li=BBoPWjQ For some reason I can't copy and paste any of the text into a...

In the tennis world, it seems to be largely from people who have bet and lost money on the result of the player's match when it didn't turn out as they'd expected - that's my impression.

I suspected from the radio silence that things were starting to get less good. Once you've been off the Abilify for quite a while, do let us know how you're feeling "underneath".

When I click on the link, I get the heading: "Long-Haulers Are Fighting for Their Future" - I guess it's been changed.

It probably is just lack of care for your heels, but probably better to get some professional advice to be sure if it's gone deep enough to bleed. I had what sounds like the same thing a few years ago, and it's difficult to treat, especially if the fissure has gone deep - it took a long time...

I make a point of never believing anything Jenny Harries says: it's served me well so far.

I thought this was useful: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/08/how-we-live-coronavirus-forever/619783/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB The Coronavirus Is Here Forever. This Is How We Live With It. We can’t avoid the virus for the rest of our lives, but we can minimize its...

As soon as LED streetlights were installed along my road, I noticed that even on the less than 5-minute journey home from the station I was starting to get migrainey. It's eased as they've lost their initial brightness, thank heavens, but initially I had to walk along with my eyes half shut :(

How come I never get the option to make a comment when I sign?

I found this in my weekly letter from Scope, and thought I needed to share it with others in the UK. Closing date is 11th October 2021. "The health and disability green paper explores how the welfare system can better meet the needs of disabled people and people with health conditions now and...

Could I suggest that this is a sufficiently important subject that it might be worth having its own thread, rather than hiding in a 1000+-post thread? There may already be one in existence, of course. A "what to say when people ask awkward questions about ME"-type thread, perhaps? I can...

Thank you indeed, @Brian Hughes. Just one thing I spotted: "subjectivity" in No. 6 where you mean "subjectively" :)

What are these antibody tests? Can anyone get them? (And is there any point?)

It was in the Evening Standard, certainly.

I was going to involve my MP in our appeal, but then Boris went and called a general election just at the wrong moment :(

Long Covid blood test possible after scientists find condition may be linked to immune system https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/medical/long-covid-blood-test-possible-after-scientists-find-condition-may-be-linked-to-immune-system/ar-AAMkvdZ?ocid=ASUDHP&li=BBoPWjQ Hmm, that sounds vaguely...

Not sure whether or not this actually adds anything new to the debate, but: Cloth face masks are 'comfort blankets' that do little to curb Covid spread, Sage adviser warns...

FDA to issue new warning of rare autoimmune disorder developing from Johnson & Johnson vaccine, report says https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/medical/fda-to-issue-new-warning-of-rare-autoimmune-disorder-developing-from-johnson-and-johnson-vaccine-report-says/ar-AAM3HCJ?ocid=ASUDHP&li=BBoPWjQ

For some reason, I can't get past the sign-in on the BBC website. This is despite being permanently signed-in on the BBC, as I found last night when checking the footie score.

My caree has for the past decade or so been using a rather elderly wooden-framed armchair (upholstered back, removable seat cushion with webbing underneath, and bare wooden arms) - certainly not an "old lady's chair", but not exactly modern-looking, either. It's now a question of whether she...