Hi sickofcfs - I'm still in my jeans, but it doesn't help with the dancing. I came bottom in all the music exams at school, and when I was 14 we were all put in a big hall to sing as a choir. Eventually the music teacher couldn't stand it any more, and had us singing to him in small groups - then out of the hundred or so students, just six of us were banned from singing a note, and had to sit at the back and follow the score! I couldn't believe that it would have happened to anyone else, but then discovered that the same thing had happened to a colleague (the deputy head where I taught).
Sparrow, you have my greatest sympathies. I am nothing like as badly affected as you, but I must admit that I still find listening to audio tapes or talking on the telephone much more tiring than reading or watching TV. Odd, isn't it? When I had a bad patch early on in my illness, I fitted up a bird table outside the window and watched that for ages, but I guess with your cat that is out of the question. I'm guessing that you haven't had ME for long. Well if it helps, it took me a while to get the pacing right, to not get sucked into things, and to enjoy what I could when I could, but once I had got that sorted (and my son has had ME for a lot longer than me, so it was easier to learn), I did improve. Rather than force yourself to read, why not do what I did and lower the quality of what you read? Children's books are great for that - not too many characters and nice and light. Roald Dahl is ideal!
And if I am getting bossy - sorry! It's 40 years of being a teacher - it is now so much a part of my life and character that I can't stop interfering! All the best though.
Okay, I'm not strictly Latina since my (partial) heritage is Spanish, not Latin American..... Maybe I got my (non-)dancing genes from the German/Brit side?
