Cold or PEM?

[MinIreland]

Four confirmed infections in five years and dozens of LFTs, so I reckon 90% of my tests have been on flaming PEM.

I have only recently been 'diagnosed' with ME/CFS (2 weeks ago, but have been ill for a couple of years) and I still find it very surreal that these symptoms could actually be PEM. It feels so much like a normal virus (which it still could be, but that's not the point. The points is that I find it surreal that it MIGHT NOT be a virus.

 

[MrMagoo]

I have only recently been 'diagnosed' with ME/CFS (2 weeks ago, but have been ill for a couple of years) and I still find it very surreal that these symptoms could actually be PEM. It feels so much like a normal virus (which it still could be, but that's not the point. The points is that I find it surreal that it MIGHT NOT be a virus.

I still find that kind of crazy, despite years of experience!

I still don’t really know whether I had Covid in March 2020 or if I had a massive crash. Or both.