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Karyn's radio interview about living with ME & CFS
Karyn's radio interview about her struggle with ME. Karyn speaks on behalf of 'Change for ME' and all the ME & CFS sufferers across Australia.
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3 things
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If anything were possible, what 3 things would you change for people with ME & CFS? Are you ill with ME or CFS or do you love someone that is? We'd love a video response from you. You have ME or CFS: Say your name: What year were you diagnosed with ME/CFS? If anything were possible, what 3 things would you change for people with ME & CFS? You love someone with ME or CFS: Your name: Who you love...
Change for ME. Visit to hospital Part. 10.
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Lee co-founder of Change for ME Australia suffers with acute ME/CFS. He is house-bound, so in order to get the tests and treatment he requires, Lee was admitted to hospital, from where he shared his experience with us. This is part ten of Lee's video journal. In this part, Lee Lee is at home, but discusses the recovery phase and was the trip to hospital worth the pay back. Change for ME Austral...
Change for ME. Visit to hospital Part. 9.
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Lee co-founder of Change for ME Australia suffers with acute ME/CFS. He is house-bound, so in order to get the tests and treatment he requires, Lee has been admitted to hospital, from where he is going to share his experience with us. This is part nine of Lee's video journal. In this part, Lee Lee is at home, but discusses the issues he had not yet addressed. One of which was being forced again...
Change for ME. Visit to hospital Part. 8.
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Lee co-founder of Change for ME Australia suffers with acute ME/CFS. He is house-bound, so in order to get the tests and treatment he requires, Lee has been admitted to hospital, from where he is going to share his experience with us. This is part eight of Lee's video journal from hospital. In this part, Lee Lee discusses his great triumph, the first time in a really long time he could sit upri...
Change for ME. Visit to hospital Part. 7.
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Lee co-founder of Change for ME Australia suffers with acute ME/CFS. He is house-bound, so in order to get the tests and treatment he requires, Lee has been admitted to hospital, from where he is going to share his experience with us. This is part seven of Lee's video journal from hospital. In this part Lee discusses his MRI scan and the potential issues people with ME/CFS may encounter. Change...
Change for ME. Visit to hospital Part. 6.
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Lee co-founder of Change for ME Australia suffers with acute ME/CFS. He is house-bound, so in order to get the tests and treatment he requires, Lee has been admitted to hospital, from where he is going to share his experience with us. This is part five of Lee's video journal from hospital. In this part Lee discusses two issues. One that he has not been allowed to view his chart or even test res...
Change for ME Australia
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Change for ME Australia is here to make a positive change for people with ME/CFS in Australia. Please support us by follow us on: Facebook pages/Change-for-ME-Australia/363333707017853 Twitter @Change4MEAu Music on this video by www.danosongs.com
Change for ME. Visit to hospital Part. 5.
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Lee co-founder of Change for ME Australia suffers with acute ME/CFS. He is house-bound, so in order to get the tests and treatment he requires, Lee has been admitted to hospital, from where he is going to share his experience with us. This is part five of Lee's video journal from hospital. In this part Lee discusses rest - it's importance and the reality that hospital is not always the place to...
Change for ME. Visit to hospital Part. 4.
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Lee co-founder of Change for ME Australia suffers with acute ME/CFS. He is house-bound, so in order to get the tests and treatment he requires, Lee has been admitted to hospital, from where he is going to share his experience with us. This is part four of Lee's video journal from hospital. Here he is before and after having an Endoscopy procedure discussing concerns over sedation and anaestheti...
Change for ME. Visit to hospital Part. 3.
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Lee co-founder of Change for ME Australia suffers with acute ME/CFS. He is house-bound, so in order to get the tests and treatment he requires, Lee has been admitted to hospital, from where he is going to share his experience with us. This is part three of Lee's video journal from hospital. Here is discussing the problems he has experienced so far, things that Change for ME Australia would like...
Change for ME. Visit to hospital Part. 2.
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Lee co-founder of Change for ME Australia suffers with acute ME/CFS. He is house-bound, so in order to get the tests and treatment he requires, Lee has been admitted to hospital, from where he is going to share his experience with us. This is part two of Lee's video journal from hospital. Here is discussing the problems he has experienced so far, things that Change for ME Australia would like t...
Change for ME. Visit to hospital Part. 1.
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Lee co-founder of Change for ME Australia suffers with acute ME/CFS. He is house-bound, so in order to get the tests and treatment he requires, Lee has been admitted to hospital, from where he is going to share his experience with us.

Комментарии

  • @samanthallewellyn7671
    @samanthallewellyn7671 Месяц назад

    Such a tragic illness, intetesting the china connection....especially now with long covid.

  • @MyFriendPeter
    @MyFriendPeter 2 месяца назад

    And theories, history and scenarios repeat themselves over and over. Even with long COVID. NOTHING is being done

  • @leejones8582
    @leejones8582 4 месяца назад

    I suffer with this and it is awful.

  • @daughertynicole
    @daughertynicole 9 месяцев назад

    Is there a trick to getting the audio to work?

  • @vaceliagoodman297
    @vaceliagoodman297 Год назад

    Why's there NO SOUND???

  • @devora
    @devora Год назад

    There is a sound audio problem in this video present

  • @ForeverLuminous
    @ForeverLuminous Год назад

    ugh there is no volume and cc is unavailable

  • @JustME-ft4di
    @JustME-ft4di Год назад

    The sound seems to be missing?

  • @rauulfr
    @rauulfr Год назад

    No sound :(

  • @hopeodyssey
    @hopeodyssey 3 года назад

    Karen, how are you doing? Many of the symptoms we have, is being felt by those who've had this covid-19 long-covid. I have heard a smidgeon of references ME/long-covid.

  • @hopeodyssey
    @hopeodyssey 3 года назад

    How are you doing?

  • @hopeodyssey
    @hopeodyssey 3 года назад

    Hello, fellow invisible peeps, I'm sending love, hugs, and positive vibes from old Edinburgh in the heart of Scotland; I've been battling this condition since 1984l I had a bit of a reprieve for a few years; then life handed me an overload of lemons, still, never managed to make the lemonade, never could muster that energy; xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx we, all of us just need love and support; I'm thinking of you all, the bravest of warriors; Always, strong, always courageous, always in hope;

  • @naturalhealer8196
    @naturalhealer8196 6 лет назад

    I am cured after battling for 5 years. But my cure was not random but by making my own protocol that worked. Anybody want any help Contact me on this email id (prsnlme@gmail.com).

  • @amla047
    @amla047 6 лет назад

    There is no sound at all at this version. No problems with my devise; I can hear other videos.

  • @jeanam1082
    @jeanam1082 6 лет назад

    No volume for this video

  • @mynameisgladiator1933
    @mynameisgladiator1933 7 лет назад

    what a horrible production. We don't need to see the world out of focus. And the bizarre music. Combined - unwatchable.

  • @brendaparry3292
    @brendaparry3292 7 лет назад

    There’s no sound!!

  • @lisakaylanemorris
    @lisakaylanemorris 7 лет назад

    There's no sound on this video.. 🙁... I wanted to watch it......

  • @efiaabu
    @efiaabu 7 лет назад

    Where can i find this movie with sound?

  • @amc7568
    @amc7568 7 лет назад

    I believe my daughter has this. She got Mononucliosis and hasn't recovered. She can't get out of bed without falling or losing her balance and it's only getting worse. She's only 31 and it's scary how a virus can make a healthy person debilitated and unable to function normal task.

    • @amye.mccormick923
      @amye.mccormick923 14 дней назад

      She needs help asap. Only gets worse. She'll need your help!

  • @jamesmorris911
    @jamesmorris911 7 лет назад

    i get a small fever about once a week and i have to lay in bed until the next morning. i can only work for 5 hours a day...the shakes are bad at night. i just try and hope for the best...support groups and meditation helps. ive been going to this hollistic rehab and i lay still inside a sensory deprevation tank twice a week. you absolutely have to combat the physiological part of cfs... its a struggle but im feeling better and positive. love and light...

  • @MistressTyrannus
    @MistressTyrannus 7 лет назад

    I have fibromyalgia which is similar but not exactly the same . I know meds effect everyone differently , but s good combo of pain meds and a stimulant has LITERALLY saved my life . Don't knock it til you try it and doctors should be giving adults more options to experiment and see how different things work . I wasted 5 years of my early 20s because doctors are afraid to prescribe so called addictive meds . They exist for a reason, like those of us with chronic illness and without them some of us mine as well be dead , just a reality .

  • @traceywalter-hensley6998
    @traceywalter-hensley6998 7 лет назад

    Well the first thing you do is file a lawsuit against the government for poisoning you. Start there then things will follow.

  • @shayekisitu
    @shayekisitu 7 лет назад

    I have this too, although not as much as I used to. I had a bout of mono years ago back in the late 90's and I believe the mono was the trigger for me when I became ill with CFS. It was horrible and attempting to get out of bed just to use the bathroom was exhausting and tedious. I would literally be out of breathe and eventually would crawl back to bed. While in bed, I would sleep but upon waking up, yes my eyes would open but would have no strength to move almost like a paralysis so to speak and my brain and thoughts would be in a sort of limbo/cloud like state. It took me about 5-7 years to get past this stage of CFS. I am now much much better. But have dedicated my life to feeling better and living clean. Taking plenty of whole vitamins, not eating red meat, limiting my caffeine intake, eating plenty of protein, cutting out red meat entirely from my diet, eating plenty of fish, drinking a gallon of good alkaline water daily, exercising regularly, using essential oils, using air purifiers in my home, eating plenty of steamed vegetables, staying away from drive through food, drinking low fat or skin while milk free of hormones, staying away from artificial sweeteners but also limiting my sugar intake, not smoking and not drinking.

  • @REVKOEHLER
    @REVKOEHLER 7 лет назад

    Published on my birthday. Nice gift.

    • @woppini
      @woppini 7 лет назад

      Yeah, unfortuneatly its the gift that keeps on giving

    • @mihakavcic7237
      @mihakavcic7237 10 месяцев назад

      Better?

  • @justinreilly1
    @justinreilly1 8 лет назад

    Excellent film!

  • @RenegadeTimes
    @RenegadeTimes 8 лет назад

    U.S. history is filled with government experiments on an unknowing public. San Francisco's fog is that in 1950, the US military conducted a test to see whether it could be used to help spread a biological weapon in a "simulated germ-warfare attack." This was just the start of many such tests around the country that would go on in secret for years. Understand that you pay taxes and are useful for experimenting on. What a gig these ruling parasites have huh ? You get ill, the medical industry makes big money trying to manuever you through it and the corporate government gets off with zero culpability. The United States Military conducted top secret experiments on the citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, for years, exposing them to radioactive compounds, a researcher has claimed. While it was known that the government sprayed 'harmless' zinc cadmium silfide particles over the general population in St Louis, Professor Lisa Martino-Taylor, a sociologist at St. Louis Community College, claims that a radioactive additive was also mixed with the compound. She has accrued detailed descriptions as well as photographs of the spraying which exposed the unwitting public, predominantly in low-income and minority communities, to radioactive particles. < 1960's into the 70's. Tuskeegee = between 1932 and 1972 by the U.S. Public Health Service studying the natural progression of untreated syphilis in rural African-American men in Alabama under the guise of receiving free health care from the United States government. There's not enough room here to post all of what toxic testing has been done on the American people. Stop watching television and start researching the history of the U.S.. You will be shocked for a while and then outraged that the commoner is a mere guinea pig in the eyes of the ruling elites. Do you even know what's in a flu shot ? Do you know that in the 70's the only people who died from Swine Flu were those who took the flu shot ? Get educated or suffer the consequences.

  • @priscillalanders7164
    @priscillalanders7164 8 лет назад

    A very heartwarming yet heartbreaking film, my name is Priscilla, I'm 47 years old & in 2009 I was diagnosed with Lupus, fibromyalgia, EBV & Chronic fatigue syndrome & I go through pain & overwhelming exhaustion every single day, I've been bedridden for nearly 6 years. CFS IS REAL!!!! I Hope & Pray that one day soon there will be a cure in hopes of many of us being able to live again instead of only existing. Be kind to one another, Sincerely, Priscilla (El Paso Texas)

    • @lifelieswaiting
      @lifelieswaiting 7 лет назад

      That sounds like Lyme disease.

    • @Lionforaday
      @Lionforaday 7 лет назад

      Priscilla, your comment puzzles me because I hear this alot, where someone tells me that they have lupus AND fibromyalgia (or EBV or CFS). Conditions like fibromyalgia and CFS are diagnoses-of-exclusion, which means the symptoms can't be explained by some other illness or a medication. In fact, it's hard for me to imagine what symptoms you'd have that you'd attribute to fibromyalgia that couldn't be explained by lupus? I'm guessing that you were originally diagnosed with fibromyalgia or CFS, but were ultimately then found to have lupus - and once you were diagnosed with lupus, those other diagnoses really wouldn't be relevant anymore.

    • @Lionforaday
      @Lionforaday 7 лет назад

      It's worth checking-out, though testing is unreliable and controversial. The problem with Lyme is that the symptom list is very, very broad, such that most people with a chronic illness could convince themselves that they have this. Don't get me wrong; I'm sure there are many folks walking-around with Lyme who have a diagnosis of fibromyalgia or CFS - however, I find that there are now loads of folks convinced they have Lyme, seeking treatment - some surely have Lyme, and some don't - but it's a "preferable' diagnosis in some ways, because (presumably) there's some treatment for it (and an understanding of it, as a bacterial illness), whereas fibromyalgia and CFS are "black holes." I was treated for Lyme for a year (without much success) and my doctor told me that he'd regularly see folks with ALS or MS who were hoping they had Lyme instead. Happily, a few did, but sadly, many didn't, and he was only able to confirm their original diagnosis.

  • @niranjantrivedi570
    @niranjantrivedi570 8 лет назад

    Millions of people need to know There is no boundary as to age , education general health , suffering and result are eye opener. Please listen your patients. In future I may bring helpful hints .I am a physician suffering from chronic fatigue Syndrome .Thanks.

  • @HealinginSC
    @HealinginSC 8 лет назад

    I was in Tahoe when this happened. Dxed with CFIDS/FIBRO AND MCS FOR 23 PLUS YRS. Then IgneX tested was positive for Chronic Lyme and many co infections and more.

  • @SandySaunders9142
    @SandySaunders9142 8 лет назад

    There are doctors & there are physicians. There are far too many doctors than there are physicians. The physicians have helped keep me/us going. God bless the physicians who really care about their patients and INVESTIGATE. So many can not be bothered to look beyond the ends of their highly pitched noses.

  • @jackchorn
    @jackchorn 8 лет назад

    I've been sick for just over 5 years now. It is slowly progressing. As I do have physical signs- Lymph nodes always swollen- Fasciculations- Neuropathy- Most of my symptoms fatique-cognative-pain- clumsiness-heat intolerance-faintness-weakness-muscle loss-on and on- are all symptoms the doctors must take my word. They really want to blame stress, depression, anxiety, drug abuse anything but a medical issue. Just before I became ill I had found 5 ticks on me on different occasions- one bulls eye. I have tested neg for Lyme 3 times and a lumbar puncture. I also was exposed to very-very high amounts of mold in the worlplace during this exact same time as tick bites. 5 years is a long time to think about what is making you sick. Personally I believe that it is a combination of issues. I think that the mold exposure was the trigger, and the mold may be responsible for changes in the brain. Virus/fungal. My doctor told me that mold can only give you allergies- I find that interesting since some of the mold I was exposed to is used by the DOD as a bioweapon. You attack the enemy with itchy eyes-haha. I think we will find in the near future combinations of environmental factors virus/fungal/bacterial work in combination in everyone- and to some it is very disabling.

    • @jackchorn
      @jackchorn 7 лет назад

      Michael Caprarella Thanks-since I wrote that I had a eeg and nerve conduction= polyneuropathy, as expected. I also had a recent MRI- mildly extensive foci of white matter more then expected for age, differential of eschemic, chronic gliosis, demyelination or encephalitis from lyme- the free clinic I go to said they could no longer do anyh=thing for me and have not given me a diagnosis, that I would need to seek treatment elsewhere. I have no financial ability nor physical ability and am quickly running out of options- Oh well- Thanks for responding.

    • @lifelieswaiting
      @lifelieswaiting 7 лет назад

      Almost certainly Lyme disease and its coinfections.

  • @schwingfeldforschung9531
    @schwingfeldforschung9531 8 лет назад

    " Schwingfeld vegetativ Erkrankung " RUclips Film

  • @LuckyBadger
    @LuckyBadger 8 лет назад

    Could you please reupload a version with louder sound, or at least put closed captions on this? I can barely hear anything. :-(

  • @schwingfeldforschung9531
    @schwingfeldforschung9531 8 лет назад

    Das chronische Erschöpfungssyndrom kann man um 50% abschwächen,wenn die Lunge Sonnenstaub-frei gemacht wird. Die zweiten 50% erreicht man,durch Neujustierung des Körper-eigenen-Vegetativum. WIE DAS GEHT ? WIR SAGEN ES IHNEN.

  • @robertusmaximus4136
    @robertusmaximus4136 8 лет назад

    Thirty years ago, after months of feeling extremely ill, I was "diagnosed" by a so-called specialist at the Central Middlesex Hospital in London as having "something deep within my psyche which needed to come out", and that I should return to work immediately as I was "in danger of losing by credibility". This was devastating to me but my mother kept me going until the wonderful BBC doctor refused to accept this and urged my GP, who had accepted the quack's diagnosis in its entirety, to book a stay at the Hammersmith Hospital. They diagnosed an ongoing infection with the Epstein Barr virus which was causing inflammation of the brain. They also said that, due to eighteen months failure to diagnose my true condition and with various GPs telling me to exercise as much a possible, I now had ME and could have it for a very long time. That Central Middlesex quack I saw was the head of department which also misdiagnosed poor Victoria Climbie with a skin disorder when in fact they were bruises from beatings and torture carried out by her guardians and which she later died from. That quack very nearly "did" for me as I was quite suicidal at not being believed. Many people do not have a "BBC doctor" and a loving mother to get them through the minefield of incompetence and bigotry that is the medical profession.

  • @schwingfeldforschung9531
    @schwingfeldforschung9531 8 лет назад

    CFS ist eine vegetative Irritation , CFS ist heilbar

    • @Frank-gx3ez
      @Frank-gx3ez 8 лет назад

      +Schwingfeld Forschung it can be cured? It cured that way?

    • @schwingfeldforschung9531
      @schwingfeldforschung9531 8 лет назад

      +Frank Leben mit CFS, oder CFS Patienten,was ist zu tun ? 1. ) Den Verursacher, hoch energetisch-geladener-Sonnenstaub in der Lunge und am Körper löschen. 2.) Die Körper-eigene-Steuerung ( Vegetativum )in die Mittellage bringen. 3.) Das Lebensenergie-Potenzial wieder verfügbar machen. 4.) Den Körper mit Elektronen sättigen,damit Nerven wieder leitfähig werden. Am eigenen Körper empfinden, dass es der richtige Weg ist. über 30 Jahre Forschungsarbeit-enormer Kostenaufwand,hat uns nun zum Erfolg geführt. Eine Lichtkompressor - Untersuchung zeigt Ihnen Ihre Sonnenstaub Belastung und den Verursacher Ihrer CFS Erkrankung, Kosten € 125.- GEHEILTE cfs PATIENTEN , WERDEN IN ZUKUNFT JEDEN TAG DIE SONNENSTAUB-INFO-PLATTFORM BEOBACHTEN. NIE WIEDER cfs ! ! !

    • @Frank-gx3ez
      @Frank-gx3ez 8 лет назад

      hallo, ich spreche kein Deutsch. Behandlung chronischer Erschöpfungssyndrom zu heilen, die basierend auf? Ich konnte auf meine Mail schreiben? in der verständlichste Weise möglich, ist es schwer, die Sprache zu verstehen. Überprüfen Sie bitte meine mail: dinfranco@yahoo.com.ar

  • @synchrolynx
    @synchrolynx 8 лет назад

    I think it's viral, caused by epstein barr virus. Some people get mono from it, some nothing, some cfs, just like the related virus that causes herpes. If you're susceptible to it then you're stuck with it like someone who has multiple/chronic outbreaks of blisters. Both are contagious.

    • @synchrolynx
      @synchrolynx 7 лет назад

      I do not know about that. Sounds like you're belittling the thing a bit. It is a full blown disease with multiple symptoms, like herpes and other viral diseases.

  • @danapreston6427
    @danapreston6427 8 лет назад

    Very Sad and feel bad for all these people suffering. I do beleive it's from China (Communist) and our Gov't is in it to cause this.

  • @danapreston6427
    @danapreston6427 8 лет назад

    Ok.... after watching it came from China the Communist. Like Dr. Peterson sad it was an agent. (unknown germ) And CDC are traitors - they covered it up.

  • @danapreston6427
    @danapreston6427 8 лет назад

    Could this or these dieases be from our own Government giving it to us. You have all heard of NWO - UN Agenda 21 Plan - 2030 Plan Right? It's the Total Destruction of mankind except 6 Million in the World and they know who they are and have ALREADY been picked. The Government will KLL their people one way or another. GOOGLE: AGENDA 21 for Proof. Read all you can and watch youtubes on it. One man you CAN trust is Tom DeWeese. Google: :Tom DeWeese Agenda 21"

    • @garytbradbury4799
      @garytbradbury4799 8 лет назад

      +Dana Preston You're onto something there Dana. I've been doing some investigations and it all points to Yes..Agenda 21!!! I got this disease around 1984, in Lake Tahoe, and it's progressed, waxing and waning. I'm real pleased that I found your comments, thank you. I've seen many video's on Agenda 21, and also googled Tom DeWeese and they're all excellent !

    • @danapreston6427
      @danapreston6427 8 лет назад

      Garyt Bradbury - Smart! Please spread the word. ALL must know so they can DEFEND themselves against Gov't intrusion.

  • @angelsabundance9274
    @angelsabundance9274 8 лет назад

    Many of us can relate. The boy from high school lyme disease dx? dr klinghardt in Washington state or Dr. Horowitz can help him

  • @schwingfeldforschung9531
    @schwingfeldforschung9531 8 лет назад

    CFS IST HEILBAR !

    • @Frank-gx3ez
      @Frank-gx3ez 8 лет назад

      +Schwingfeld Forschung Tell me how, please! I read4 books, but still do not feel good.

  • @lifelieswaiting
    @lifelieswaiting 8 лет назад

    I have belonged to some fibromyalgia support groups. Some of the fibro folks want to ditch the fibro label in favor of myalgic encephalomyelitis. I agree that fibro needs a better name, but not THIS label. This documentary makes it obvious that this is an entirely different disease. Though I do suppose there are at least a few fibro folks who are misdiagnosed and actually do have ME.

    • @Lionforaday
      @Lionforaday 7 лет назад

      Gosh, this is a refreshing comment! Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are surely different illnesses - it's always bothered me when they're grouped together. Also, while I agree that chronic fatigue syndrome isn't an ideal name (mostly because it trivializes the illness), "myalgic encephalomyelitis" isn't any better - frankly, I think people favour it because it sounds serious, but you can't simply use "any" serious-sounding name and apply it to your condition. Currently, there's no real evidence of "enceophalomyelitis," which is "inflammation of the brain and spinal cord." People may *feel* like this is what they're experiencing, and I'm not saying (at all) that this isn't a serious illness - it's just that we don't yet know what's going-on with the illness. In my opinion, it might be better-off being named after one of the folks that first recognized it, calling it (for example) "Cheney's Syndrome," as with diseases such as Crohn's Disease, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis or Graves' Disease.

    • @Froggy77100
      @Froggy77100 6 лет назад

      J Rae I've had this torturous disease since 2004. I've been home bound and bedridden going on 8 years now. When I first saw this comment saying there is no evidence of brain or spinal cord swelling I thought perhaps it was an old comment very old comment actually. There has been evidence of brain and spinal cord swelling since I believe the 1930s through the original doctor who discovered this illness or I should say discovered Medical abnormalities his name was dr. Ramsey. I as well as many other people in my support groups I belong to have evidence of swelling in the brain the spinal cord or both. So as a physician I'm not sure why you haven't seen this evidence. I believe Stanford did a study of this but there are few studies done which is why the name was put there in the first place . Many of us also have cysts in our brain as well as decreased white matter and gray matter for our age groups. Some other biological findings are low blood volume white blood cells that are either way too high or way too low decreased red blood count very low NK cell function mitochondrial dysfunction or failure irregular EMG tests irregular EEG . Mine personally shows several different seizure activities and I do suffer from daily seizures muscle wasting unexplainable weight loss irretractable nausea and vomiting the post external malaise for me can come just from sitting up or walking to use the bathroom. The pain I have is Extreme from head to toe it literally feels like my bones are being crushed I also have the muscle pains which were explained to me was because of the increased lactic acid CFS me suffers have. That is one of the reasons that we were unable to exercise and exercise can make us worse especially if we go into aerobic stage and the lactic acid increases that's why many people including myself or made worse because we were told to exercise. I also have light sound and touch sensitivity or just the sheets brushing on me can be excruciating. The few times I am able to make a phone call for example or walk for my bedroom to the living room and sit up for a few I'll have to come lay flat as soon as possible because it feels like my brain literally is on fire. I also also have Painful neuropathy as well as many other neurological symptoms I can no longer write I tend to write letters backwards entire words backwards or just can't do it. Same with speaking I know what I want to write or what I want to say my body just doesn't get the connection. I'm using the talk to text to write this hopefully it makes sense and please don't take anything I'm saying negatively there are so many people including Physicians that don't know about all of the information that is out there. And I can understand in some ways you are not taught about this disease in medical school who usually so overbooked I can understand time to research isn't always there. I have been the one to supply my doctor with information from when I first started seeing her in 2010 and she was willing to listen and try to help me. Of course the information had to be legitimate for example from PubMed the CDC the NIH. Sadly since August her treatment of me has changed dramatically she actually told me well you're not improving and you're not bringing me information the way you used to. she's also decided to stop treaty right pain with this opiate brouhaha that shouldn't even be applied two people such as myself have legitimate even proven pain. I have no problem being under contract submitting to random urine tests which always come out clean. Still I told her I don't really care if it's opiates that are being used to treat my pain I just need my pain to be bearable. She agreed that we would try something else then without warning she simply stopped treating my pain at all. I can't tell you how much worse this has made my condition. I can no longer do my physical therapy or even bathe. I don't don't understand why I'm being criminalized especially when we first started discussing pain treatment and I had God down to half the dose she had started me at. also the information I provided her CFS m e experts such as dr. Goldstein suggested medications that were not even opiates ketamine was one suggestion that had been studied it showed to be the most beneficial for my disease. so how fair is that I being treated less than human because of accidental overdoses that percentage-wise chronic pain patients are the lowest at risk. not to mention all the other health factors that come with severe untreated pain heart attack stroke organ failure to name a few. It's especially worrisome not only because I have to deal with the hell of this excruciating pain that was under control but I've already had several Strokes before I pain was treated. you and others may think I'm sounding dramatic please visit the hummingbird Foundation website. It answers questions about this disease from every aspect. The patient the caregiver the physician Etc and also has the supporting data. it's sad that we live in a world where an animal isn't allowed to suffer like this but human beings are treated so cruelly and even judged unfairly by medical professionals who are not aware of this disease and how severe the pain and many other symptoms are and can be . It's avery disheartening thing to go through I've invested so much time and energy to provide her with the information on tests and treatments that we can try. Unfortunately I have gotten worse probably the last 4 years through no fault of my own I have a disease which I can't control. She's refused to try the majority of treatments I've given her evidence on even just a saline IV. The only thing she has agreed to is B12 shots there are several protocols the word she decided on what's 10 CC everyday for 6 months see if there's any Improvement I go from there. The only problem is my insurance doesn't cover the the treatments. I was able to get a few months then I lost my disability income because I have no help I was unable to fill out the paperwork. But I gave my mom power of attorney so she could try to get everything straightened out and done but apparently Social Security Administration told her it requires that I personally go. the worst part of that is I don't 100% believe that she even tried. either way I don't understand this rule my doctor has already declared be home & bed bound so you think there would be a social worker that could come to me someone I could talk to on the phone something in place for people like me who are totally and bed bound to continue back getting the benefits we are the only a title to the only qualified for but desperately need. I'm now behind on my mortgage there are no programs in place to help someone like me. So many with CFS / m e fall through the cracks not only with our Medical Care but with benefits such as disability and home care possibly palliative care. I'm one of so many that is too sick to do things that are required and there's no one to help me and there's nothing set up in the system where I live that offer us help. This disease truly feels like you're dying every minute of every day. I still talk to myself today will be better tomorrow will be better whatever I have to do to keep fighting. even if I have a hopeless day or moment I pull myself back up fight. but I can't say I don't fear that one day someone will come find my lifeless body being that I often don't have anyone come to check on me for months. it's actually pretty scary sometimes. Our medical system should it be set up that way. there is a social worker at my doctor's office now so I expressed all my concerns to her it was told she didn't do any of that and couldn't help me. I'm still trying to clarify exactly what she can do because it was my doctor who told me she could help me. my apologies if this comment is all over the place if I repeat myself it for possibly many grammar errors. talk to text it's all I canas someone do. I beg of you with this disease if you treat it please listen to your patients. there are so many of us that can have many similarities but also some differences. but at the end of the day we're looking to our doctor for help we need you. I probably provided my doctor with enough information to fill a 3 ring binder every 6 months to a year. I provided her with many treatment options one being low dose Naltrexone which unfortunately I had a horrible reaction to but another CFS patient of hers who was not as severe as me had great results. This treatment protocol is available for all to see there have been trials and it not only helps those with CFS m e it also has helped people with MS ALS Cancer And more.Obviously thePatient cannot be on opiate pain treatment Or drink alcohol being that naltroxine is an antagonist for both. And even though a treatment dose can Start as low as .5 mcgs because our metabolisms don't work right along with many of us having drug even supplement sensitivity even that small of a dose could cause severe withdrawal symptoms. There is an astronomical amount of legitimate information available out there on this disease some's been available for centuries you've just gotta be willing to put in the work to find it. If I was able to Dr's truly interested in helping us can too. Many aren't or don't take studies seriously if they're not that big. But you gotta keep in mind most of these studies have been done with little to no government funding. The cdc did update their info in July (I feel due to the increase in deaths ruled caused by ME at autopsy there were 75 abnormalities in spinal fluid as well as the increase in children getting it) so hopefully that'll help with funding and help for the millions that suffer every minute of our lives. Please before discredit the name ME do the research to find where it came from i assure you it's more then wanting a more serious sounding name. Sadly the government spent a million dollars to change the name to seid or systematic exercise intolerance disease. Which 1 funds would've been better spent on research and 2 like CFS insinuates we're just tired SEID insinuates we just can't exercise. I personally think it should be called Ramseys disease seeing as he was the first documened to discover this and find physical proof. But it's never even brought up so I believe ME is fitting for those that have all the symptoms required for the diagnosis. Thank you for your interest in this disease there are so few Drs that seem to want anything to do with it. I can only pray this disease will become a part of future medical school curriculum. Because sadly Dr's who don't know about it even when given the information can be quite cruel. And that's not OK especially when so many of us are at the stage where our symptoms are as severe as a patient with AIDS, heart failure, renal failure to name a few Dr's FamiliarWith the disease have compared it to. And there are also Some of us Who's conditions become so severe we do develop something like heart failure.

  • @azaz...
    @azaz... 8 лет назад

    how did some of these people recover?

    • @cathyanderson8197
      @cathyanderson8197 8 лет назад

      I have rarely heard of anyone recovering unless they found out it was Lyme. Any decent doctor will check for that first. Maybe they are just miracles that happen for reasons we don't understand that people get well.

    • @SignsAllAround
      @SignsAllAround 7 лет назад

      + Cathy Anderson Even lyme isn't the be-all-end-all. I met a woman a couple of years ago who has worked as a health care provider (HCP) with, as she put it, all the big cutting edge lyme doctors in our metro area. At least one of those is well known internationally. In a nutshell, she said that most of the patients do get better with the lyme treatment of antibiotics etc -- however, the dirty little secret that no one talks about (her words) is that some patients just tank and never get better. I've had CFS for 25 years (tho only just got the offical MD-sanctioned diagnosis about 18 months ago). I saw a lyme specialist about 5 years ago and did treatment for 1.5 years following which I have become progressively worse until now I'm one of the 25% who are 'homebound or bedbound'. Hearing what this HCP had to say only confirmed what I had already been thinking, that the lyme treatment ended up making me worse. (And if anyone wants to start in on the whole 'herxing' thing, please save it.) I was at least able, barely, to work before. I wouldn't discourage anyone from exploring the lyme option, because I do think it's likely that a lot of CFS could be lyme-related. However, I've also watched and participated in a lot of the ongoing CFS diagnosis parade over the last 25 years. From this, I say with great certainly that you can find experts with lab tests and other science to back up about any theory you might care to come up about CFS. I do not believe there is a blanket diagnosis for this thing, although maybe there will be some day. I think it's more likely there are multiple and/or overlapping disease processes and environmental factors going on here -- and I know directly at least one fabulous long-practicing MD who offers the same theory. Antibiotics and antivirals are not hazard free, and there's science to back up that claim too.

  • @johnholt1476
    @johnholt1476 8 лет назад

    Try intermittent fasting, I contracted ME (there,s no such thing as Cfs its nonsense created by vested interest groups, psychiatrists, government and American medical Insurance companies)in 1979. I have had three doses of this disease which last 7 years then it would return 1979-1985, 1985-1992, 2006-2012 and my fourth dose 2006-to date each was triggered by a physically traumatic event, a car crash, a fall which damaged my coccyx and another crash on my bicycle. When I got over it in 1992 I was on holiday in the south of France (nice) for some reason I ate very sparingly, got plenty of exercise walking on the beach loads of sunshine and I came back from holiday I looked younger felt much better and this illness virtually left me. looking back on all this physical history, intermittent fasting gives the most relief. ps To paraphrase Richard the 111 " Kill all the Lawyers (Psychiatrists)".

  • @IonaFabian
    @IonaFabian 9 лет назад

    I have just watched this while preparing for a very small family celebration of my daughter's 18th birthday. She has suffered with ME?CFS for 5 years now, and this documentary is the first one I've seen that accurately describes the journey we have been through. So similar even though we are in England, and a few years later. Just heart-breaking the level of suffering people are enduring with the added insult of disbelief, stigma and ridicule. I think future will look back on the way CFS patients are treated now with the same horror we think of dunking witches. Shocking, and depressing.

  • @Msfelixthecatz
    @Msfelixthecatz 9 лет назад

    I was 28 with a growing family and a very happy mother playing house, cooking, planning to home school, everything!! One day my husband got a flu that totally wiped him out. Just before he fully recovered, I got sick too. The difference was, I never recovered. I was bedridden for 7 years. I slowly improved so now I'm not bedridden, but I am far from well. Frequent migraines, pains, sleeplessness, exhaustion, brain fog are but a few of the symptoms I still exhibit. I cannot work, can barely care for myself, and spend my day playing video games (which I'm totally sick of doing), and on my 'good' days I do beadwork on a loom or weave (Even on good days I must sit still). I miss my old life terribly. No friends, I live like a vampire in the dark since light triggers migraines, and can't go to church due to exhaustion plus the lights & sounds are too much for me. I am grateful to my loving husband's continued understanding and support, and my children, now grown. Those who are healthy can't be expected to understand chronic illness. It took me years to accept that, so they don't frustrate me as they used to do. Except doctors. I give up on them.

    • @Lionforaday
      @Lionforaday 7 лет назад

      I think you're right - those who are healthy have difficulty understanding chronic illness, just as you and I probably would have before we had a chronic illness ourselves! I do think there are a few doctors out there who aren't frustrating (I hope I'm one of them!) - remember that doctors can be patients, too. Despite working as a physician, I too find if frustrating to deal with the medical system - I believe this illness will only receive legitimacy once a defined marked is identified that can "prove" someone has the illness. Lyme Disease suffers from a similar problem, largely because of controversy regarding diagnostic testing. It's a sad state of affairs when patients have to "prove" they're sick for their suffering to be legitimized.

    • @amye.mccormick923
      @amye.mccormick923 14 дней назад

      I was 27. Never built my family like I dreamed. Never did so much. Just suffer and list all my friends!

  • @cpksunshine
    @cpksunshine 9 лет назад

    Most of these patients are mercury-sensitive and weakened by mercury exposure by ingestion, inhalation or transdermally. Avoidance of this disturbing frequency is the key. Read my Notes on my Timeline on Facebook.

    • @AKayfabe
      @AKayfabe 8 лет назад

      I ingested an actual piece of Mercury when I was a child, as in the liquid metal itself,and was Mercury Poisoned. I grew into adulthood and have symptoms of CFS now.

  • @anngarton6225
    @anngarton6225 9 лет назад

    My daughter was 15 years old and one day stood up and fainted after that she got very tired and fainted every day then in 2010 she became bed bound so we went to a Professor In London and he arranged a Tilt Test and she was attached to Blood pressure machine and heart monitor and a machine that took her pulse she fainted on the tilt test and now we know it was Pots Syndrome and the Professor also knew that she had ED Syndrome and also CF Syndrome so she also developed seizures in 2010 and these lasted day and night it was like a big cramp took over her body and when she was put on a heart tablet to slow down the pulse and a blood pressure tablet to get the blood pressure up and salt tablets including a salt steroid tablet the seizures went to one a month and six years later she is in a wheelchair and still has CF Syndrome and a seizure once a month She rests a lot and when she has energy recovered she can have a bath or go out on her mobile scooter with her boyfriend. How she deals with it is rest, rest and rest So everyone have a tilt test and find a Pots Syndrome expert if you faint every time you stand up. I think ME CFS and Pots are related.

    • @Tjsan
      @Tjsan 8 лет назад

      +Ann Garton www.reddit.com/r/cfs/ very helpful CFS community