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Probably. "Recombination in Coronaviruses, with a Focus on SARS-CoV-2" Focosi & Maggi https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/6/1239 Speaking subjectively as a zoologist it seems inevitable really. If viruses persist in carriers with asymptomatic infection, who we know exist by the epidemiology of...

To break ground on criticising this, I don't like it. It lacks perspicacity and serves the psychology career agenda as well as the insurance lobby and expedient governmental ignorance. This I find hard to believe but if true suggests touting for business from the above in a manner akin to the...

Ah ! That could be it. It is quite thought provoking given the prominence of Jen Brea's mould avoidance quest in "Unrest". It would seem, regrettably, not to have helped her though it helped Julie. How does one account for that? I have no reason not to believe the story and reported conclusions...

That is interesting but hard to know on an n=1 basis what happened. Was that just an ME fluctuation event or dosimetry related or specific to the type of anaesthetic? I would comment that even if there is one type of anaesthetic which is more effective in causing temporary remission we still...

Rings a bell. Same basic concept behind amitriptyline which I was prescribed in 1996. It did help a bit but also exacerbated heart arrhythmia. I would rather let things tick along as nature evolved. Trying to shut down the CNS is a risky business. Could end up addicted or like Matthew Perry or...

I have not seen any studies on deep relaxation and can only comment from my own experience. Because of the relapse on exertion problem, deep relaxation only makes the glass cage a little clearer as long as you rest, as you put it "a few more spoons", which is better than nothing. That is all...

I have heard of post anaesthetic remission before for PWME. My guess is it is such complete rest that it allows a short window of remission until the usual crash occurs just from normal activity. It suggests deep relaxation might be a viable management tool, along with pacing. I also think its...

glad it worked for her, hope it can work for others

Yes, so did Garner... https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2022/06/23/neuroglial-hypothesis-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ This is his bias. He considers it feels like it is in his head because nerves are how one feels things, you cannot feel anything except with a nerve and ME makes your nerves act...

He is not really an ME specialist, English is dodgy but I cannot write in German myself so some credit is deserved but its no excuse for wild thinking. I think there are references to some valid observations in the paper but it creates the impression he cannot see the wood for the trees. Why...

I should mention head pain in relation to alcohol hangover, which was not like before ME. In ten years undiagnosed there were a couple of occasions where I just said to hell with it and overindulged in the hope it would anaesthetise me a bit. During hangovers which follow such folly, as it...

Same results from alcohol as pre-ME but from a third of the quantity. Possibly worse destabilisation of vestibular function and worse hangover effects. I recall it made me feel more woozy and hangovery at the time the ME started in 1986. After ME onset I was glad to have been given a special...

I am no a doctor either, I am qualified as an FE teacher in sports sciences. It is not possible to advise you personally as above, not least because I have no idea how to diagnose CFS and I dont think anyone has, truth be told but I think I can say it sounds from what you have said as if SAD...

I see shapes within my body. Increasing exhaustion is like the dark blue-black blade of a sword descending within my spine, pointy end down, two dimensional duality created by trying to be active and control my actions despite the resistance and crushing fatigue. When it reaches a certain depth...

A moving article which in discussing our metaphorical city of stolen futures and lost hope, reminded me a little of "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell" by Susanna Clark (who I believe is a PWME), which I also liked. One wonders if it was an artistic influence. Good luck with DecodeME @Chris Ponting...

Yes, fibromyalgia springs to mind. My first impression is this paper seems to be well done, proper controls etc. Behavioural measures of nociception are empirical without vivisection. Humane methods for anaesthetised mouse killing. Appears very carefully thought through. I tried to study...

I see, thankyou for your representations. I am out of it a lot of the time anyway. 2016-17 for sure all my functional time was completely occupied drafting a quasi legal appeal regarding my PIP assessment to an HMCTS tribunal, which I won on the papers thankfully but unfortunately it took a...

Because her life was in danger and they have a legal duty of care, it does not matter whether it was seen as a mental condition or not. Even if they did not understand or believe in ME/CFS and mistakenly thought she had anorexia they should have been monitoring her after discharging her with a...

Regarding George Monbiot's article, this latest one really paints a picture and redeems The Guardian a little in my eyes, though question marks hang over previous coverage from The Guardian by other authors who previously swallowed and regurgitated the SMC's irrational garbage. The revelations...

Thanks for posting Sasha and for reading. :) It is comforting to know its not just me but sorry to hear you have similar migraines of course and for the pain you also suffer :hug: for which I offer my commiserations. I ramble, sorry, confuse myself more often than not, so I try not to be too...