Welcome to Plasticine Spade, my blog about living with chronic fatigue syndrome. I've just been diagnosed, and soon they tell me I'll be starting treatment. In this blog, I hope to share my journey -- through treatment, hopefully to recovery -- with anyone out there interested in CFS.
I've only just got the label, off a friendly immunologist, but I reckon I already know quite a lot about living with CFS, because you have to do that for at least six months before you get a diagnosis -- even if your doctor's super competent and knows exactly what they're doing (mine didn't). Besides, I've started in on the reading list and the web search ... links to follow.
Why the title? Because living with CFS is like being a plasticine spade. A person with CFS looks okay -- if you don't watch too closely -- and a plasticine spade looks okay, even on the first push. But as you keep pushing it wilts and warps and crumples, and if you push more you end up with something that really isn't fit for purpose. That's CFS. You look okay, but when you try to do stuff ...
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