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What a surprise - my niece recently moved there with her family! (Baden Wurttenburg)

I presume you mean stainless steel?

For anyone interested in Vitamin D: Sun exposure Most people meet at least some of their vitamin D needs through exposure to sunlight [1,2]. Ultraviolet (UV) B radiation with a wavelength of 290–320 nanometers penetrates uncovered skin and converts cutaneous 7-dehydrocholesterol to previtamin...

I certainly need electrolytes at present, as I am passing a lot of very-dilute urine (which probably means that I have already over-excreted the electrolytes).

Programme on the subject tonight: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000g6rz

"Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a multifactorial disease of the central nervous system in young adults." ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis#Prognosis "Almost 40% of people with MS reach the seventh decade of life."

DWP 'shocked' by its own disability tribunal record (UK) The Department for Work and Pensions has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other employer in Britain since 2016. BBC Panorama found the DWP lost 17 of 134 claims of discrimination against its own...

Snap! I don't recall the scratchiness, but I know we used ink wells. Fountain pens were either not allowed or rare - can't remember which.

That sounds very similar to what I got. Maybe we're of similar age?

Yes - I have worsened ability to write in the last year or two, maybe longer. It has become so small as to be illegible at times. Really frustrating. I won an award for my handwriting at school! Going to check the other threads...

So did I - I used a well-rinsed lemonade bottle or similar. At the time I was very polyuric, having no desmopressin, so I must have urinated more than 20 times in the 24 hours. It didn't do me any good. I was rejected as being 'normal'!

The trouble with urine samples is that (many?) people with ME may have widely varying levels of various things in urine due to polyuria (production of large amounts of urine).

Not sure about 'low immune system'. Mine is too strong - preventing pretty-well all colds, flu, etc.

This from the ME Association: Source: ME Association Date: February 14, 2020 Author: Ewan Dale URL: https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2020/02/what-do-you-think-good-healthcare-for-m-e-should-look-like-in-scotland-14-february-2020/ What do you think good healthcare for M.E. should look like...

I think this refers to the same one: Source: Action for ME Date: February 14, 2020 URL: https://www.actionforme.org.uk/news/scottish-health-council-survey-of-me-in-scotland/ Scottish Health Council survey of M.E. in Scotland --------------------------------------------------- The Scottish...

Just to remind you, this is Jon Stone's website about "Functional Neurological Disorder": https://www.neurosymptoms.org/

FDA: NDMA in Metformin Is Low or Undetectable By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by - David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and - Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM All metformin products tested by the FDA have either undetectable or low levels of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), the agency has announced...

I've put this in the non-ME section as I don't expect it to refer to ME (haven't had time to listen yet). 2019 Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, Sir Peter Ratcliffe Sir Peter Ratcliffe, Director of Clinical Research at the Francis Crick Institute, as well as Director of Oxford...

This is what I wrote: "Dear Caroline, I have been a member of the Green Party for a long time - since before I got ME and my two degrees in biological science (the Masters degree was a distinction, obtained before my recent worsening). I have just been shocked to find that you are a patron of...

I don't know how up-to-date this is, but Betty Bridges used to run a very-good website (now not working) but this works OK: https://www.needs.com/product/NDNL-0311-01/l_Air_Purifiers