Hey there, welcome to my blog. My name is Sian, I’m 28, I live in Scotland and I have a chronic illness called M.E. What is M.E.? M.E stands for myalgic encephalomyelitis. It is also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). How long have I had ME? I developed M.E 2 years ago at the start of September. I was about to start college to study beauty therapy and the day before I had a headache. Ok, no big deal, everyone has headaches. By the evening it had developed into a migraine (you know, when you can’t stand the light, or sounds, and you feel like you’re going to throw up). I didn’t think too much of it and hoped it would be gone by the morning. Well, it didn’t go. In fact, I had that same migraine constantly for 6 months straight. What did you do? I got on with it. I started college the next day, and I attended every day I was supposed to until I couldn’t handle it anymore, which was Christmas 2016. What ...
Today I had my second appointment with Keith, the ME nurse. He is the only ME specialist in Scotland, so I am very grateful to be treated by him. My health has been hit and miss recently, I have been having a lot of dizziness with no obvious cause. I usually have it as part of a migraine, but this isn't the case at the moment. It seems to occur when I go from laying down or sitting into a standing position. Sometimes it's instantaneous, other times it can be delayed by about five minutes. This was one of the things I wanted to speak to Keith about today. He had several questions about symptoms to go through first; he asked me about muscle spasms and jerking, if I have any pain and if I have any food or smell sensitivities or intolerances, along with some other questions. We got to a part about dizziness and nausea, so I told him about what has been happening and it currently being a very prominent symptom. I have been keeping an eye on my heart rate when it...