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  1. Mrs Sowester

    David Tuller: My brief encounter with Prof Crawley

    @Countrygirl has access to the recording
  2. Mrs Sowester

    Esther Crawley - talk 17th Nov Mood disorders Centre, Exeter Uni

    Well that's a relief @Countrygirl! Yes, it is me in my profile picture at S4ME.info (if that's where you mean?) I'm in my mid forties. We should all wear discrete badges with our usernames for when we venture to these events though, or have secret handshakes so we can identify each other.
  3. Mrs Sowester

    Esther Crawley - talk 17th Nov Mood disorders Centre, Exeter Uni

    Oh dear @Countrygirl, I've been home all day gluing sequins onto Christmas crackers, you were winking at a random psychologist! They'll be writing peculiar papers about that sort of behaviour!!! (My avatar isn't me btw, she is just a random google image trawler woman - she's got 20 years and 10...
  4. Mrs Sowester

    Esther Crawley - talk 17th Nov Mood disorders Centre, Exeter Uni

    I wasn't there, so wish I had been though @Countrygirl!
  5. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    Well, its given me a useful sideline to fall back on should the Magic Beans business flag a little.
  6. Mrs Sowester

    Beware homepathy

    Nah
  7. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    Well since that photograph of me in my thigh length rubber waders in the Phoenix pub went online it seems I have cornered the niche fisherwomeninrubberwear specialist market.
  8. Mrs Sowester

    Beware homepathy

    I think everyone who sells homeopathic remedies to gullible people should go to the homeopathic doctor if they get ill and only be given homeopathic treatments. And if they complain they should be put in a homeopathic asylum where they are given homeopathic food and water until they learn their...
  9. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    Definitely, I'm working on my new method of diagnosing ME/CFS through the medium of resonant diagnostic crystals and dominomancy (which is like diagnosing with a tarot deck only better because it uses dominos which everyone knows are more scientific). Once you've undergone your specialised 2...
  10. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    You want 10% of the profits from my 'rubbish' beans do you?! Well, we'll see about that! Harrumph. The difference between our Magic Beans is that mine are 100% effective guaranteed kill or cure whereas yours are... not. (Flounces off, muttering under her breath) I'll see you in court @sarah...
  11. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    Well, kill or cure guaranteed and you can't kill the undead so, by a process of elimination, it can only be a cure! Yay! But the Magic Beans haven't been tested on the undead yet* so while I can guarantee that your ME/CFS will be cured I can't say that all the effects of zombification, such as...
  12. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    Oh yes, that'll soon pass when the bleeding starts.
  13. Mrs Sowester

    Tenofovir (Viread) / Raltegravir (Isentress) Cures ME/CFS Patient Sick for 20 Yrs + Tenofovir Poll

    @fingers This is not a drug people should be buying and taking without having monthly renal function testing. I'm not saying it isn't worth trying Tenofovir, I took that risk myself under medical supervision. The doctor I saw said he expected to see some difference within 3 months if there was...
  14. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    Oh yes, drink away! We recorded no adverse events during the testing phase of these Magic Beans* *because we only think positive so we only record the positives.
  15. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    Oh yes, they will increase the impact of your graded exercise therapy exponentially.
  16. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    Well, I haven't conducted any trials into the efficacy of the Magic Beans in relation to the phases of the moon* but the full moon seems to have a very mystical sense of woo about it, the harvest moon in particular seems to have a very specific effect on PwME. So I'd place your order now, in...
  17. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    I'm sorry Wonko, but they have to be that much money because I imagined them to be really expensive and we all know that the more something costs the more special it is, don't we?
  18. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    Now this is an idea I like, but it will take much, much more comprehensive research, testing and development. So, er, check back in 5 minutes?
  19. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    Guaranteed kill or cure Bill my friend! It must work because no one ever comes back - and we all know that's how doctors know they have made PwME better.
  20. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    I think you find it in apple pips too, so it really is lovely and natural.
  21. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    I'm sorry @arewenearlythereyet but these are beans, not pills because beans are so much more natural than pills. And magic, of course, but that goes without saying! You wouldn't get that though, would you? Because you've been corrupted by Big Pharma and science, I've got a lot of sympathy for...
  22. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    I only held back from making the each of the letters different colours because it's too faffy on photoshop.
  23. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    Are you sure? The arsenic flavour is proving exceptionally popular? And they're a lovely green colour which helps your body find its own natural healing pathways by harnessing the colour of 100% organic leaves through the medium of arsenic in a way that modern medicine has forgotten, but the...
  24. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    Oh yes Tired Bill, they are entirely substance free, isn't that just fantastic?!
  25. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    Now there's a thought @slysaint I'll mention that idea to product development, thank you.
  26. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    Oh yes @Snowdrop just like a packet of sweets they come in cyanide, arsenic or bleach flavours, but you have to make sure you swallow them properly to ensure the full kill or cure effect.
  27. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    @Wonko I am crying with laughter. I'll see if I can convince Mr S that he really wants to be an internet marketing guy later, just for you.
  28. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    I'm particularly proud of the use of comic sans @JohnCB
  29. Mrs Sowester

    Mrs Sowester's Magic Beans

    Hi friends, just wanted to bring you news of my fantastic new guaranteed ME/CFS kill or cure treatment Mrs Sowester's MAGIC BEANS. They are 100% imaginary which means they are 100% natural and 100% organic! I've been working on the secret formula all day which makes them ultra special...
  30. Mrs Sowester

    Tenofovir (Viread) / Raltegravir (Isentress) Cures ME/CFS Patient Sick for 20 Yrs + Tenofovir Poll

    Yes, I tried tenofovir for 3 months last year, it didn't make a jot of difference apart from giving me nausea. I had to have monthly blood tests to check my kidney function because there is a risk of renal failure as a serious side effect. There was a suggestion that the shorter time people had...