Purple_Shaman @purple_shaman@qoto.org

Friends, I've been more quiet here because I came down with a flu for the last week, on top of my long covid (3yrs) and I'm still trying to recuperate from that and now an extended flu.

This is another setback, while I remain hopeful and positive, I could really use some advice on how to heal. Things I've tried are: GET with a physical therapist (slight negative effect), occupational therapy (positive) and a rehabilitation specialist (positive).

Things I'm doing now to manage/heal include: pacing to prevent PEM, yoga asana (though not currently because of the flu), breathing exercises, meditation, short walks (also not atm) and I work 4x4h remotely, spread over the day to conserve strength (but also not atm).

Please let me know if you have suggestions for treatments/approaches/devices/exercises/you name it that have helped you. I'm also interested in recommendations for who to follow on here to stay up to date.
Boosts to increase reach are appreciated.

My heartfelt thanks for any help you can provide 🙏

Edit: I'm overwhelmed and humbled by your useful advice and support, I appreciate it so much. We have a beautiful community going on here. I'll take a break for today, so I'll reply to any comments later. I wish us all the best and a speedy recovery to everyone!

#LongCovid #Covid #PostCovid #ME #MECFS #CFS @longcovid #Recovery #Illness

Actor John Cleese, an avid poster on Twitter/X with 5.4 million followers, says he’s quitting the Elon Musk platform for Substack. https://deadline.com/2025/01/john-cleese-leaving-x-twitter-better-class-of-person-on-substack-1236271391/

Whoa, this quality of life study comparing ME/CFS to other illnesses...

Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/figure?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0132421.g003

#MEcfs

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At David Tuller's talk yesterday, I was reminded of:

-how important his work is

-how good he is at highlighting & challenging problematic statements

-how glad I am that I've been able to pull back from such work

So happy to be able to support him

https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/43450

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-69040592

It is the lightening process...

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Proposed Framework for Personalized Severity Assessment in ME/CFS to Capture Variation in ME/CFS Severity and Life Impairment across Patients and Time.

from:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1369295/full

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#SevereCFS #VerySevereME @mecfs

@tomkindlon @mecfs

I'm surprised they didn't do two day CPET, that's pretty much the gold standard test for ME/CFS exertion intolerance now.

Also seems like the battery of tests they did would exclude anyone with severe or even moderate ME? A bit disappointing! We really need more studies examining the severe cohort.

But the confirmation of previous findings is something.

I've read a draft. It reconfirms previous findings, pushes back on pervasive medical misinformation & reports a few things that, to my eye, look new. But I don't think there's anything really earth-shattering in there. The researchers have come up with an overarching hypothesis for the illness, but they're doing so based on 17 patients...so that's a little dicey.

Now NIH has to follow through with clinical trials. The paper has some ideas for drugs to try. They need to do so.

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@mecfs For about a year, depression and anxiety have been tough for me. I’ve tried medications, and had to stop each one due to side effects. Medications were not very effective prior to #MECFS but fewer side effects. I wish I knew why I can’t seem to get relief and I wonder if it’s a symptom of #MECFS, if maybe it’s because fatigue makes it harder to emotionally regulate, or maybe it’s due to neuroinflammation. Maybe it’s a form of #AutisticBurnout? #ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

A failure, but I'm going to take it as a win. 😀

Thanks to everyone who nominated me for this, or who have supported me in some other way over the years 👍

#MEcfs #CFS #PwME @mecfs

Blood transcriptomics reveal persistent #SARSCoV2 RNA and candidate biomarkers in #LongCOVID patients

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.14.24301293v1

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#LongCovid #PwLC #PostCovidSyndrome #LC #PASC #postcovid #longCovidChat
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#COVIDー19 #COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #SARSCoV2 @novid #novid #CovidIsNotOver #CovidBrain @auscovid19

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Press release:
"Tiredness experienced by #LongCOVID patients has a physical cause"

https://www.amsterdamumc.org/en/spotlight/tiredness-experienced-by-long-covid-patients-has-a-physical-cause.htm

@longcovid
#LongCovid #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #PASC

@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVIDー19 #COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #SARSCoV2 @novid #novid #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDBrain
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Recording now available for NIH conference: "Advancing ME/CFS Research: Identifying Targets for Intervention & Learning from #LongCOVID" (day 2 = Dec 13)

https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=52738

See image for agenda including speaker list

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#LongCovid #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19

Study reveals how #SARSCoV2 alters mitochondria, leading to energy outages and organ failure

> An interdisciplinary #COVID19 International Research Team found that SARS-CoV-2 alters mitochondria on a genetic level, leading to widespread "energy outages" throughout the body and its major organs.

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20231031/Study-reveals-how-SARS-CoV-2-alters-mitochondria-leading-to-energy-outages-and-organ-failure.aspx

Core mitochondrial genes are down-regulated during SARS-CoV-2 infection of rodent and human hosts

https://science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abq1533

#SARS2

Press release:
CSPI sues EpicGenetics, maker of test for fibromyalgia, for false and misleading claims

Updated: October 4, 2023

https://www.cspinet.org/press-release/cspi-sues-epicgenetics-maker-test-fibromyalgia-false-and-misleading-claims

@fibromyalgia #fibromyalgia #fibro #fms #fm

@ChrisCPS I hear you Chris!

An eye-opening moment in my coffee life was getting a tour of the Swiss Water Decaf plant, in Burnaby, BC, Canada a while back. Just amazing the process things go through to remove the caffeine while retaining most of the coffee's flavour.

One of the best decafs I've ever had came from Madcap Coffee. They don't always have it in stock tho - very limited.

https://www.madcapcoffee.com/coffee

Sympathetic article:

Lisburn man with ME urges Northern Ireland people to take part in new study ( #DecodeME ) into condition

"On one day I might be able to meet a friend or go to a hospital appointment, the next day I would be bed bound"

https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/health/lisburn-man-urges-northern-ireland-27757804

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#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicE #CFSME