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My guess is that they ask this because older studies have claimed those who attribute their illness to a solely physical cause won't recover. It's an old idea.

Understood. Thanks. The CAB seems the best way to go. Perhaps if you have any evidence to 'prove' your limitations, too, like a report from an OT, that might help.

You're self-employed, so technically you can charge whatever you want, even nothing. Couldn't you add six hours of pro bono work, or virtual volunteering, in somewhere? It seems odd that they specify you should earn a specific amount. (My response would be, 'I'll charge it if you pay it.') The...

Also: GAME (Genome Associations in ME)

The issue is that this was a huge vehicle for Simon Wessely. There's no doubt in my mind he'd have got the last word.

They were probably best left out.

I can't remember. I thought it was due to a doubling of one of other numbers as a guesstimate.

Isn't 2.5 million equivalent to the 0.82% (or thereabouts) from the 'CFS-like' figure?

GnoME = Genome ME GeneSeME = Gene Sequence Has anyone tried this? http://acronymcreator.net/ I can't get it to work, but it might be useful.

If we're doing that you could just add S (for 'study of') to my suggestion above.

Why not just MEG?

That could be possible too. Though I would've assumed dehydrated people's urine would smell more of urea, and that a proportion of those with dehydration may have high blood sugar anyway, since it's relatively common. Glucose metabolism problems have been raised before in ME. The CFIDS...

Yes, it looks like they're reaching. It's all a bit sloppy, isn't it?

That's what I noticed too. It could be. It fits some of the symptoms, at least. Didn't acute renal failure lead to Sophia Mirza's death? I wonder if this is a complication that occurs in severe cases, or if it is just something that happens to all of us, but to a lesser degree? Obviously this...

Thanks. I've already sent this to the chair. I'm sure it will be useful.

This is my assumption, too.

It's garbled but if it means what I think it means, that's interesting. If patients have a higher pain tolerance, it suggests they're not hypersensitive to pain.

That sounds like diabetes.

Yes. But I overheat and get dehydrated too.

I have mini periods of remission several times a month. Usually first thing in the morning after a good night's sleep. I wake up energised and alive, and as if a great physical weight has been lifted from my bones. Sometimes it lasts to the afternoon. Very rarely it lasts a few days. But it...