Welcome - a bit of background...

Welcome to my new blog. It’s always the same isn’t it – I have been meaning to do this for ages now and have only just got around to it.

Well, a little bit of background about my condition…

I was taken ill in October 2004 with a virus that I never really recovered from. I thought I was getting better, as you do, I mean people usually recover from being ill don’t they? After a couple of weeks I was back into my normal daily routine, but I never really felt great. I was always tired and kept getting dizzy spells, both of which were never previously a problem. So, I did what anyone would do, I went to see the doctor, after which a long struggle ensued. I was backwards and forwards so many times that the surgery started to feel like my second home.

Well, to cut a long storey short, I had so much blood taken that I was surprised I had any left and still nothing came up on the results. I kept battling on…

Then, to make matters even worse, a lorry hit me on the motorway. I had never been in a car accident before and it couldn’t really have happened at a worse time. My condition spiralled downhill even more. AND I now had whiplash as well.

I was then housebound for several weeks and missed loads of Uni (I was doing an MSc at the time). After several long months I eventually found myself a private specialist who began treating me at the start of 2006. I had to find this specialist myself with no help from my GP!

Now, having been on their treatment I am feeling an awful lot better than I was but will probably take another year or so to get back to a near normal energy level.