First post, need a little advice please

Hi Teedie, thanks.

The doc didn't suggest anything but then when he said i had CFS, i wasn't too sure what it was, just thought it was just me being a bit tired and the pill he was giving me was to cure it.

But then i looked around the net and my heart sunk, finding out it can take quite some time to recover and even then not get rid of it fully.

When i go back, i'll ask, if i don't have to go back sooner.

To sort out the 'sensible one' matter, i am now it, i'm new so i have now claimed this role :shock:

I might just claim a sausage role instead

You won't be sensible for long on here that's for sure James :lol:

Yes ur right, it is a bit of a shock being told you have CFS, I'm one of the many nurses on this forum and i thought the same as you that it would pass in a couple of weeks and i would be back at work. :?

m y symptoms started with flu like aches and pains for a few weeks and then my joints swelled up. I thought once the swelling went down i would have been cured but unfortunately the rest is history :roll:

I am not as tired as i was at the start but i do suffer joint and muscle pain.

Just out of curiosity, can you tolerate alcohol :?: It has been a discussion on here many times. Some can and some can't.

You should go back to your G.P sooner as if you carry on you will feel worse.

Good luck

Teedie

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[quote:b3202cc04a]Just out of curiosity, can you tolerate alcohol [/quote:b3202cc04a]

Thats where i am sensible, i don't drink :D well i spill some of it :roll:

I don't drink or smoke.

I am going back to the GP in 3 weeks time anyway, unless it gets worse.

You are welcome James.

Just one thought, have you told your employer of your diagnosis? I am thinking of the Health and Safety laws. If you were to have an accident or incident whilst driving the fork lift due to poor concentration and you had not told them, it could invalidate their Employers Liability Insurance and you wouldn't be covered.

It might be better to speak to your direct line manager to cover yourself.

Hi again James.

I was diagnosed in April so am still coming to terms with it. :cry: I always thought it was something people used to claim benefits and not a "proper" illness :oops: How wrong was I??!! :lol:

Rest, rest then rest some more and you might get off lightly!!

Hope I am not depressing you :roll:

You seem to have the same sense of humour so that will help :?

This mad lot will support you and just for the record, none of us is sensible! :wink:

Dale xxx

Hi alicia, i did tell them the same day i was diagnosed and also told them of the tablets i was given.

There are usally at least 3 of us that can drive it.

Dale, i am going to rest as much as i can.

I had never heard of it until the doc said it to me so it was rather a big shock when i got a chance to check out what it was

Thanks all for the support.

Hi James

I am fairly new on the forum too & like yourself have only been recently diagnosed . I'm 30 too & had to give up work recently as had been off sick for months .

It is quite a shock when you are first diagnosed but after months of being ill i have learned that it can be detrimental to push yourself & try & carry on with a " normal life". I think i have finally learned that my health now comes before work , social life etc ( it was a hard lesson to learn ) but i am determined that i will get better eventually & when i do its gonna be carnage :lol: :P

My doc recently put me on Amitriptyline 10mg for muscle pain . I find that i am getting a much better sleep at night with these , although the muscle pain is still there most days .

I have found reading through the posts on this forum so helpful & they are such a good bunch of people on here , mad :devil: , but good ! :D

Soz for the long post but had a good few days & typing for how ever long it lasts !

Take Care & try to get plenty of rest .

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James, if you would like me to send you a copy ofthe Guide to ME for the Non Sufferer from the National ME Centre just PM me your e mail address and I will send it to you. :D

It is quite invaluable when it comes to trying to make people understand what you are dealing with because a lot of people don't know anything about ME at all. Even some doctors could do with reading it. :roll:

Hi Lian, thanks. I will take as much rest as i can, already trying making my health more important than everything else.

One thing is as much as i would like to cycle again to work, i am forcing myself not to, which is very hard because i love it and soo used to it.

Hi Alicia, thanks. I think though now my boss knows, she had a shock when she went to the school to pick up her child, she spoke to a mum there about why she (the mum) wasn't cycling in this nice weather like she used to, the mum replied it's because she can't, she's got ME.

Once she told my boss about she felt and the kids had to help her out alot, i think my boss was rather shocked at to how bad ME can be and how long it can take to recover just a little bit.

I agree about the doctors need to read that guide, mine didn't tell me exactly what it involved :roll:

Well James, I think you may find that you are lucky to have a female boss.

I am not being sexist but i think they are more understanding :oops:

Teedie

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Thanks.

She is a very good boss and very understanding.