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M.E. Too or Why I am No Longer NOT Speaking to Doctors about Chronic Illness
Three weeks ago, I met the first doctor in 25 years to believe me. She is a gynaecologist and I went to consult her about my intense peri-menopause rather than my autoimmune condition. As symptoms overlap however, I had to … Continue reading
Posted in 00 M.E.
Tagged #M.E.too, #metoo, #MillionsMissing, #saggyboobsmatter, #saggylivesmatter, #Spooniesplaining, A Girl Behind Dark Glasses, Anil van der Zee, Cort Johnson, Doctors and M.E., Dr Lin Feng-Chao, Dr Simon Wessely, Emily Collingridge, intersectional issues of invisible illness, invisible illness in global south, Jamison Hill, Jen Brea, Jenny Rowbory, Jenny Spotila, Jessica Kellgren-Fozard, Jessica Taylor-Bearman, Kaitlyn Plyley, Keep Chronic But Carry On, Lynn Gilderdale, MEAction, MEpedia, Merry Crofts, Open Medicine Foundation, Pause sign tattoo for Invisible Illness, Prof Ron Davis, Reni Eddo Lodge, Severe M.E. Day 8th August 2018, Sophia Mirza, Tom Kindlon, travelling with M.E., Unrest film
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A Crateful of Pomegranates
There was no denying it. Sampson was in love. Can your husband have an affair with a dog? Granted, Monte was a darling. Young, energetic, doe-eyed, silky-haired and constantly adoring – what’s not to love? So we went back to the lovely … Continue reading
Posted in 20a Europe
Tagged #CanyouseeMEnow, #M.E.too, #metoo, #MillionsMissing, Alison Hunter, deaths from ME, Dr Dimitri Karamaridis, Dr Simon Wessely, Emily Collingridge, history of ME/CFS, Itea Greece, Lynn Gilderdale, Margaret Williams, Martin Lev, Merryn Crofts, Nancy Klimas, PACE trial, Sophia Mirza, travelling with M.E., Vanessa Li
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Pantokrator
Somehow, between Montenegro and Greece, it seemed all ideas of giving Monte away to some kind people had evaporated. We crossed into the Hellenic peninsula on Sampson’s 51st birthday and I think he felt the universe had given him a … Continue reading
We Are Not Europe
You are going to have to bear with me for the next few blogs. I usually write my most vivid impressions down as we’re going along, and polish them up for consumption later, but from November to February I was … Continue reading
Posted in 20a Europe
Tagged Bay of Kotor, Bosnia, Crna Gora, DJ Black Coffee, Dubrovnik, Montenegrin border, Montenegro, travelling with M.E.
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We Interrupt This Blog To Bring You….
Happy New Year from the Sampson family. If you would like to understand why I keep falling behind with this blog, what ‘relapse’ means to me and how I become too weak to write, please join us in the Big … Continue reading
Canary in a Coal Mine
(Forgive me – just one more detour before we resolve the cliffhanger…) A week after we arrived back in Spain, I woke up at 1am in the morning and couldn’t work out what was happening. My head seemed to be … Continue reading
Truckulence
I can’t tell you how happy I am. For the last 6 months, I have had an ache in my heart every time I thought of the Big Green Truck sat lonely in the corner of Sean’s apartment block compound … Continue reading
Posted in 12 Liberia
Tagged Africa Clockwise, Ebola, Eden, Helene Cooper, Liberian Maritime Beaches and Waterways Department, Mister T's Physical Fitness Club, Monrovia, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, RLJ Kendeja Resort and Villas, Roberts International Airport, The House at Sugar Beach, travelling Africa, travelling with children, travelling with M.E., Trellidor
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