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    MEA website survey: Personal Independence Payment (PIP)

    I've applied for pip and waiting to hear from them . I'm informed the next step is an interview x
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    What is your normal temperature?

    That should read hot !
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    What is your normal temperature?

    I run hotel. Sometimes I get very hot without excertion. I'm post menopausal by the way and hot flushes have ceased. X
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    Chai tea

    Snowdrop it doesn't put me off at all. I'm new to this and absorbing everything about this disease/condition. Just like the rest of you, I'm willing to try anything to find relief X
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    ME/CFS Test? Can you raise your legs when lying down?

    I find that eating exhausts me. It's as if the digestion process uses up my energy. I'm good in the mornings too but flag as the day goes on. Come 9pm I come alive and can't sleep !
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    Chai tea

    Sorry only meant the spices having a positive impact on health. Yes it is just tea but from what I've read on chai tea it goes over and above being just a drink.
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    Chai tea

    Hi has anyone tried chai tea and have they had any benefits from it? X
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    M.e doctors in Scotland

    Hi fellow sufferers, does anyone know if there are any specialists in Scotland that deal with m.e?
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    My right foot

    My left foot hurts all the time. Feels like I'm walking on a bruise. I'm assuming it's an m. e thing?
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    Fatigue vs Hypersomnia

    I have been awake all night. Even had some wine before bed and that didn't make me sleep. My heart was racing during the night no exertion just lying down. This condition/disease gets more bazaar as time goes on !
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    ME/CFS Test? Can you raise your legs when lying down?

    Hi there, no I don't use a wheelchair but I do have a stick for days when I'm in a lot of pain x
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    PIP Appeal Today - Any Tips?

    Hi, I'm just waiting for forms to arrive in the post to claim pip. Any advice ? Ideally I'd like to have enough points for a mobility car, walking these days is too painful, thanks x
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    ME/CFS Test? Can you raise your legs when lying down?

    I just tried that and can only get about one inch off the bed
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    Let me introduce myself

    Hi, love the bit about being on the night shift waiting for 7am to go to sleep ! So true, my husband and I are like ships that pass in the night these days, I worry what it's doing to our marriage. He says it's not doing anything but I can't help but worry. I've only just been diagnosed so it's...