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		<title>Huh? I&#8217;m a Pain Meds Weirdo</title>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/huh-im-a-pain-meds-weirdo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been taking 20mg of amitriptyline nightly for pain relief since June 2007.
In fact my post about it is one of the most visited on my blog so if you&#8217;ve landed here looking for info on amitriptyline as pain relief that post is the place to read more.
Since I&#8217;ve been noticing pain creeping back in more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=388&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fireworks Fizzle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wouldn&#8217;t it be lovely, I thought, to go to a bonfire this week and see a fireworks display? (Bonfire Night, Guy Fawkes and all that).
Then I remembered 4 or 5 days have passed when I haven&#8217;t felt up to having an assisted bath.  How am I going to be up to going out, in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=385&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brain Fog Blessing</title>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/brain-fog-blessing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can that title be true? Can brain fog ever be a blessing?
Thanks to a huge effort on Growler&#8217;s part my application to renew my Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is finally completed and being posted today.  A few weeks past my award ended but it&#8217;s finally finished.  Brain fog, cognitive, memory, sequencing and communication problems have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=383&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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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>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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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>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/on-being-believed/</link>
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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>XMRV &#8230; I Dare To Hope</title>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/xmrv-i-dare-to-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
 I dare to hope &#8230; XMRV &#8230; Researchers *might* have found the key to ME/CFS

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/has-science-found-the-cause-of-me-1799944.html
&#8220;The study, published in the journal Science, shows that the virus, called murine leukaemia virus-related virus (XMRV), was found in 68 of 101 patients from around the US with chronic fatigue syndrome. This compared with just eight of 218 healthy &#8220;controls&#8221; drawn [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=375&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MEA Response to Green Paper &#8216;Shaping the Future of Care&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/mea-response-to-green-paper-shaping-the-future-of-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just emailed The ME Association to offer my support for their response to the Green Paper &#8216;Shaping the Future of Care&#8217;. 
If you haven&#8217;t already signed the petition to lend your voice in opposition to this paper please take a moment to do so now http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/AttendanceA/
At the moment direct payments are made to successful applicants [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=370&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update on IBS Taming Phase 2</title>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/update-on-ibs-taming-phase-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ouch. The gradual introduction of non soluble fibre into my diet using fruit smoothies has not gone smoothly.  Ow ow ouch.  I didn&#8217;t get a lot of sleep last night and there&#8217;s residual spasming this morning. Ouch.
Maybe it needs to be even more gradual an introduction? Tiny teeny amounts of insoluble fibre. Or maybe my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=367&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IBS Taming: Phase 2 Attempt</title>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/ibs-taming-phase-2-attempt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been taming my horrid IBS flare for nearly a month now.  Since I last reported that I had never been so happy to eat a bowl of rice I have eaten many many more bowls and continued to be overjoyed by it every time.
In fact the last month has consisted mainly of rice, tofu, mushrooms, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=365&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Only Sunflower</title>
		<link>http://chronicallyme.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/the-only-sunflower/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rachelcreative</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mom helped me plant sunflower seeds in the garden back in early July.  Although a few sprouted only one made it to be a big strong giant sunflower.  Yesterday it opened into full bloom.
Even though I planted hafl a dozen sunflower seeds and my mom did the rest I remember how exhausted I felt [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicallyme.wordpress.com&blog=1106608&post=361&subd=chronicallyme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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