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My free T3 drops below normal when I'm in PEM and relapse state.

Info here: "When it came to the specific symptoms the participants experienced, both groups reported that fatigue, muscle and joint pain, infection and immune reaction, neurologic and gastrointestinal symptoms, and orthostatic intolerance all worsened. The long-COVID group, though, reported...

Be careful what you wish for. He's a live wire with all sorts of issues.

His fanboys must be going crazy over these new tweets. What they don't realize is that what fuels their passion will back fire if they ever become ill and he will gladly throw them under the bus.

I personally wouldn't use a back stretcher if I had back pain.

There are several different models since I bought mine 13 years ago. This is the one I use which is smoother on top and doesn't have huge nodules sticking out: The stretcher has 3 levels but I only set mine at the lowest level, there is no need to push yourself. I start with my knees...

Anything that increases circulation and microcirculation helps me when I'm unable to stand or walk for weeks/months. A dry body brush to increase microcirculation if you're able or have the strength to brush. I feel as though I went for a 15 minute brisk walk after brushing for 5 minutes...

I benefitted from taking ALCAR and lipoic acid years ago but needed to take a break from it b/c it made my brain energy over active. I might go back on it to see if it has the same effect.

Please, please, please M.E/CFS community, don't approach or try to help him. Remember PG fiasco.

Moved posts Plagued by a lack of energy, Robbie Williams turns out not to be good enough at Pinkpop on Saturday night to deliver a full concert. With the help of his band and his fans, the British singer struggles to the end in Landgraaf. After just 3 songs, Robbie Williams leans on his knees...

There are also doctors telling patients what they want to hear. Not a bad thing, but it's better to admit that they don't know and that some improvement might take time and to rest.

The sudden viral onset I experienced attacked my thyroid. I had 'extremely' elevated anti-thyroid antibodies but my thyroid function was 'normal' re thyroid scan. I think I have subclinical hypo-thyroid issues as a result.

Abstract The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), may lead to thyroid disorders, including both thyrotoxicosis and suppression of thyroid function. The aim of the present study was to assess the post-COVID-19...

Getting it into my head *permanently* that pacing works and going over my energy boundary isn't ever going to change. I'm still in PEM 5 days later after getting up and down on my chair (10 times) to take down my sheers and blinds for cleaning and putting them back up again hoping...

Menopause and Long COVID: What Women Should Know https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992853 paywalled to unpaywall scroll to bottom of page: https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medscape.com%2Fviewarticle%2F992853

“These are patients that have been unwell for a very long time,” emphasises Dr Glynne. “They’ve been to the long Covid clinic and they’ve been to their GP, and nothing’s helped. So they come to me with very debilitating symptoms – maybe they can’t even work. Then you start them on HRT and they...

While there is no cure for MS, the results of a new study by Hopkins Medicine have pointed to the therapeutic potential of a promising approach that can reverse—and in many cases, completely alleviate—MS-like symptoms in mice...

Abstract Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by autoreactive immune cells damaging myelinated nerves, impairing brain function. Treatments aim for tolerance induction to reeducate the immune system to recognize myelin as “self” rather than “foreign.” As peripheral...

Essentials Neutrophil extracellular trap formation (NETosis) induction levels by COVID-19 plasma correlate with illness severity, duration, platelet activation and coagulation factors. Long COVID syndrome is identified by elevated NETosis induction measurement in convalescent plasma of patients...