Still sick, but not quite as miserably so. Have decided to try using Chronic Fatigue Syndrome resources to figure out what's making feel so terrible all the time, since while I don't know that I do have big-CF Chronic Fatigue, I do definitely have small-cf chronic fatigue, and the way you diagnose big-CF fatigue is by testing for all the things that cause small-cf fatigue, so either I get diagnosed with one of those or I tun out to have big-CF S after all.
I emailed the WA ME/CFS society to ask if they have any GPs they recommend who are less likely to tell me I just need to eat more vegetables *mutter*, I must remember the one I was seeing in Nedlands back in 2003ish before I ran out of money and patience since he at least was willing to send me in for tests and specialists rather than brushing me off.
Also, since someone asked, a big version of my "Australia" icon. And yes, I was too lazy to finish off the bits I knew would get cropped :)

I emailed the WA ME/CFS society to ask if they have any GPs they recommend who are less likely to tell me I just need to eat more vegetables *mutter*, I must remember the one I was seeing in Nedlands back in 2003ish before I ran out of money and patience since he at least was willing to send me in for tests and specialists rather than brushing me off.
Also, since someone asked, a big version of my "Australia" icon. And yes, I was too lazy to finish off the bits I knew would get cropped :)
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As for helpful GP, nope. I have a friendly one, but he's not big on the inspiration.
Good luck with it all. You seem to be doing a good job of staying sane, at least in public :P
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Good luck with it all. You seem to be doing a good job of staying sane, at least in public :P
Thanks! My reaction to things I'm weird about is to get all repressed and not talk about them, so I come across as much saner than I really am :)
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wildly fluctuating energy levels and sometimes limited number of spoons...
Please keep posting it! (:
I'm currently on day 11 of a really bad cough/cold[1], so...
[1] Went to the GP and she said "I know it's really annoying, but it's not
serious, so go away."
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Ew, 11 days is way too long. How annoying. Is it bronchitis? I had that a while ago, it hung on for ages after the cold itself had gone. But then it went away, so there's hope! :)
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But if you find someone who is any good, please let me know.
Oh, and the hardest bit I found with my GP - getting the message through that when I say 'tired all the time' I don't mean the kind of tired you get when you haven't had enough sleep!
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God yes.