Exactly! I still have hope for many things, but I stopped hoping for a cure or that I will be significantly better, soon.
That allowed me to get mobility aids which improved my quality of life so much.
If I had continued to hope that I will โget betterโ, I would still be stuck in my bedroom ๐คทโโ๏ธ
04.08.2025 06:44 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Addendum 1: Er bekommt jedes Jahr ein Weihnachtsgeschenk und eine Dankeskarte, genau weil ich in solchen Momenten keine Worte habe
Addendum 2: Es geht ja. Er und seine Lebensrealitรคt sind (und waren vor meiner Erkrankung) so komplett verschieden von meiner und trotzdem versteht er mich. Wie???????
21.07.2025 10:50 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Mein HA: "Manchmal bin ich zu empathisch. Ich leide mit meinen Patienten mit."
Ich: ......
Ich bin es gewรถhnt, sprachlos zu sein weil ich von รrzt*innen gegaslighted oder anderweitig schlecht behandelt werde, aber das?
Wie reagiert man darauf? (Ausser zu Hause aus Dankbarkeit Weinen). 1/
21.07.2025 10:50 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Ah, das ist jetzt also die Forschung, die gemรคss Lauterbach auf Hochtouren lรคuft. Das macht ja mal wirklich Hoffnung ๐คก
20.07.2025 16:20 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Das, einfach genau das!
19.07.2025 08:59 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Ok, jetzt bin ich verwirrt. Was sie beschreibt, erlebe ich nur in PEM und dann ist es eben PEM.
Fast vier Jahre und irgendwie scheine ich โFatigueโ immer noch nicht zu verstehen. Ich dachte immer, ich hab das nicht ๐
16.07.2025 09:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Find me a bio-psycho-social activist who accidentally does more sports than they planned just because they are so happy they have found something their body tolerates. Just because they don't want to stop. I dare you. 2/2
23.06.2025 19:26 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Last summer I found out I can swim if it is the only activity for three days and if I do it slowly enough.
So, today I went.
But, somehow I miscounted laps and ended up doing more than planned.
Tell me again people with ME don't want to move! 1/
23.06.2025 19:26 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
If a woman wants a confidently stated incorrect opinion there are men whoโll do it without the environmental destruction
18.06.2025 21:43 โ ๐ 230 ๐ 28 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 5
The cognitive dissonance is beyond belief! That hormonal contraceptives can cause blood clots is nothing new and, if anything, fewer people use them these days.
Then they list โhypertension, diabetes t2, and obesityโ as likely culprits - in an article that portrays thin, likely fit, young women ๐คทโโ๏ธ
04.06.2025 04:53 โ ๐ 24 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Am selben Tag, an dem ich fรผr meinen Ordner mit gesammelten Befunden eine Zwangsstรถrung angehรคngt bekommen habe, habe ich online eine Werbung gesehen fรผr den โHerzordner. Damit Herzpatienten immer alles beisammen haben. So wichtig bei Arztbesuchen.โ ๐คทโโ๏ธ
31.05.2025 08:46 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Ich ging vorbereitet zur รrztin โ> Perfektionismus, Zwangsstรถrung.
Selbstbewusstsein und bestimmtes Auftreten โ> โim Affekt gereiztโ
Wie Du sagst, es liegt nicht an uns. Solche Tipps sind eigentlich gleich einzuordnen wie Tipps, wie Frauen sich im Ausgang zu verhalten haben. Am Ende Victimblaming
31.05.2025 06:24 โ ๐ 21 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Oh, interesting!
I have a HR increase of up to 70bpm and betablockers are the only thing that help me. The whole salt/water/compression routine does absolutely nothing.
28.05.2025 18:59 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Reading this after browsing for rollators online the last few days and still thinking โNa, they might truly need their aids, but surely I donโt need a rollator.โ The ableism runs so incredibly deep. So please keep telling us! One day it will sink in, hopefully.
24.03.2025 04:47 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
That was as my biggest mistake in the very beginning. I continued working in bed, wondering why I was deteriorating. I spent all day in bed, after all. Didnโt realise how bad cognitive exertion was for me.
So important to educate people about that.
09.03.2025 05:28 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
" [Time] is like a predator; it's stalking you. Oh, you can try and outrun it with doctors, medicines, new technologies. But in the end, time is going to hunt you down... and make the kill."
Soran, Star Trek Generations
06.03.2025 12:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Iโm convinced that only people who have never done proper exercise can think like that. They project their dislike of exercise onto the rest of us. Everybody else knows that DOMS is completely different from PEM. I miss good old DOMS and the pleasant exhaustion after a long run.
01.03.2025 14:53 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
I re-analysed data from a sleep study I had some years ago with the help of ChatGPT.
And what can I say? You know the medical gaslighting got you good when you feel validated by a machine and that is being fully aware of the limitations of AI. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
26.02.2025 07:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I hope for a few more years at moderate before I progress to severe. I hope for some meds that will relieve some of the symptoms reliably. I hope that I will have options and support from my doctor once the illness becomes unbearable. But a cure? No. No hope for that. 2/2
01.02.2025 08:02 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"When hope was wishful thinking .....". That, right there is what I quickly learnt to give up and needs to be talked about.
When people "need hope" or tell me to "not give up hope", I ask "Hope for what?"
What many imply is "hope for a cure" but that is not realistic, that is wishful thinking. 1/
01.02.2025 07:58 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Patient-Reported Treatment Outcomes in ME/CFS and Long COVID: ST2 Treatment Responses
I see many people asking, "Has anyone tried XYZ for LC (or ME/CFS)? You can view patient-reported treatment outcomes for ME/CFS & Long COVID in this spreadsheet. Scroll to the right to see treatment results for ME/CFS (Columns S - AA) or Long COVID (Columns AB - AJ). docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
20.01.2025 05:07 โ ๐ 139 ๐ 58 ๐ฌ 31 ๐ 9
+1
18.01.2025 07:52 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Da ich ja selbst nicht mehr einkaufen und reisen kann, mache ich halt Onlineshopping und verfolge dann die Tour de Country, die das Pรคckchen aufgrund mehrerer Fehlleitungen macht. Werde bei der Post mal Nachfragen, ob sie mir von jedem Ort ein Foto schicken kรถnnten ๐
14.01.2025 16:16 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Hier ๐๏ธ Kann keine PN schreiben, aber meine sollten offen sein.
14.01.2025 07:52 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
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@vmatthiesboon.bsky.social und ich planen eine Plattform fรผr von Long-COVID, ME/CFS und PostVac betroffene Profs. und WiMis. Dabei soll es um Austausch, koordiniertes Vorgehen und gemeinsames Arbeiten gehen. Wenn ihr euch angesprochen fรผhlt oder jemand kennt, meldet euch sehr gerne bei uns.
13.01.2025 20:06 โ ๐ 109 ๐ 67 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 4
I would think so. Masking takes a lot of cognitive energy. Seems logical, that, sometimes, that energy simply isnโt there in #pwME.
13.01.2025 05:53 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Abgesehen davon ist auch beim Training die oberste Devise, Ruhetage ernst zu nehmen und den Plan abzuspecken, wenn es zu viel ist. Auch einen gesunden Kรถrper kann man nicht stรคndig pushen. Aber einen chronisch kranken dann schon? 2/2
06.01.2025 12:37 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Genau das ist ja das ganz grosse Problem. Stufenweise Steigerung von *kรถrperlicher* Belastung kommt aus der Trainingslehre und funktioniert bei gesunden Kรถrpern auch. Aber wie steigert man Belastungen, wenn *alles*zรคhlt? Das macht es ja schon so schwierig, รผberhaupt erst die Baseline zu finden. 1/
06.01.2025 12:35 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Beim Argument mit dem Stress und dem Ausruhen frage ich mich immer, wo denn dann die ganzen (mรคnnlichen) CEOs, Consultants und Investmentbanker mit ME sind. ๐คทโโ๏ธ Die mรผsste es ja dann auch alle erwischen.
29.12.2024 18:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
๐ฏ Iโm convinced thatโs the main reason for thoseโimprovementsโ. Mild to moderately affected have some room to prioritise, so they prioritise those exercises at the expense of ADLs if need be. Overall, their activity level remains the same.
28.12.2024 19:13 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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