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		<title>Being Believed Continues</title>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/being-believed-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw my Lovely GP this week after my medication got flagged for review, meaning it&#8217;s been a year since I last saw her.  Nothing much has changed in the last year, in fact in the last 2 years.
Seeing my Lovely GP, who is supportive about ME/CFS, usually leaves me feeling re-assured but a bit [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=380&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Being Believed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So this XMRV retrovirus, the possibility of having a tangible test that shows a significant physiological finding, got me thinking about what it means to be believed.
My family, my friends. my husband, my GP &#8211; they all believe I am very ill with ME/CFS and that is a physical condition.  But with nothing to point [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=378&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chronically Ill and Left Behind?</title>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/chronically-ill-and-left-behind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend has just gone back to work after 9 months of maternity leave only to be told on her first day back that they would like to make her redundant.  She&#8217;s been preparing herself to go back to work for months only she doesn&#8217;t seem to have a job to go back to.  Whilst [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=306&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What If My Doctor Missed Something?</title>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/what-if-my-doctor-missed-something/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I caught up on Facebook with a blogger I had lost touch with.  She had been searching and pushing for a real diagnosis for a long time as Fibromyalgia and CFS didn&#8217;t fit with all her symptoms and test results.  Now she&#8217;s pretty sure she has Hypereosinophilic Syndrome.
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome (HES) is a &#8216;rare&#8217; blood disorder where [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=280&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rebalancing and Getting It A Bit Wrong</title>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/rebalancing-and-getting-it-a-bit-wrong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s day 2 of changes and I&#8217;m starting to see where routine shifts are going to naturally settle.
Day one of being home alone 9-5 went well. So well in fact I felt a bit silly for making a big fuss.  Growler was home at 5.20pm (with a spring in his step) and there were no dramas.  He [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=215&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Changes</title>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/changes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had my two remaining wisdom teeth out this last week. The procedure went well and I was with it after the sedation within an hour.  But it&#8217;s left me feeling a bit out of sorts.  It&#8217;s hard to put my finger on. 
I am experiencing dizziness again quite a lot ever since the sedation.  Whilst [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=213&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling Totally Useless</title>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/feeling-totally-useless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mum has severe tonsillitis. She lives on her own. And because my immune system is screwed up thanks to ME/CFS I can&#8217;t go and see her. I can&#8217;t run over there and help. I don&#8217;t even have the energy to go and make her a cup of tea, heat some soup or fetch a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=198&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who I Am Now, Who I Was Then</title>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/who-i-am-now-who-i-was-then/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After my mother-in-law and sister-in-law were asking some questions about how I am and how my illness impacts on my life it made me realise that I still measure who I am against who I was.
My definition of who I am is a reduced version of who I was, like before but not so active.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=182&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Day I Will &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/one-day-i-will/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 18:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m having an odd week.  I think I am mentally, emotionally and physically tired.  I had another run of terrible gastric pain and my trouble sleeping has continued.  I think it&#8217;s taking it&#8217;s toll.
Through ME/CFS Awareness Day I read so many stories of people with ME for years and year.  9 years, 10 years, 15 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=141&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Fridge Contents Are A Mystery</title>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/my-fridge-contents-are-a-mystery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You would think that not being able to have a bath or wash my hair without some help would be enough to bring home the reality I face living with a chronic illness.  But I can tell myself that if I only tried I could do it on my own &#8211; besides this is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=97&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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