28th March 2008...
Additional C.F.S Awareness day 28th March!!!
Imagine... struggling to get out of bed every morning.. feeling tired, dizzy and dysfunctional after a good nights sleep.. imagine... walking a short distance only to find that this excursion has totally exhausted you.. imagine.. having constant muscle and joint pain.. and feeling that someone has stuffed cotton wool inside your head...and when you try to read.. the words in a book.. just seem to swim of the page.. which then leaves you feeling dizzy.. and sick..
Imagine... these symptoms lasting for years.. how would you cope?
The above is just touching on some of the symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.. and immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS), Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) or Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome (PVFS)
It is now estimated that there are up to 240,000 with (C.F.S.) in the UK. It can affect men, women and children from low income and minority communities... Mainly developing between early twenties.. and mid forty's.
The causes of (CFS).. are like that of the illness.. poorly understood.. it often develops after a virus.. like flu or glandular fever.. and it has been known to develop in the case that you have undertaken to have surgery done.. but... it can always develop for no obvious reason.. there are many trigger factors.. but it is not always the case that you are in the position to identify what triggered your condition.
With regards to the above information, regardless of what society has been taught through the negativity that has been created via this so called invisible illness...
Please give a thought for those that suffer...
What was that you say??? you can never imagine in a million years what we as sufferers go through on a daily basis... but still you comment on how tired we look???
Why???
Perhaps for a moment, unknowingly comment on what the eye can see... but unfortunately that has become our downfall....
We are REAL people suffering from a REAL illness... and if we were ONLY just tired, we would sleep... and if (as society projects) we are lazy... why do we struggle to gain or even try to maintain employment???
We as sufferers, have not only to deal with the negativity that society has projected, but also the case factor that we have unfortunately contracted "An Invisible Illness"...
We as sufferers, are faced with a battle everyday to maintain that our hopes and dreams will suffice...
Against our will, we have become victims of society...
Please take a moment of your time, to listen, learn and understand...
And we as sufferers, relentlessly pray for the day, that this illness is recognised, and therefore, our "magic pill" will be available....
But until such a time that our fairytale becomes true.... we will be subjected to that of a fable....
But to contradict the above, C.F.S./M.E. is not a fable, as we are REAL people suffering from a REAL illness.... dreaming of a fairytale coming true....
As you may already know that there is an M.E./C.F.S. awareness day on May 12th, but due to the negativity of society, etc... I have now decided to have an additional M.E./C.F.S. awareness day...
Perhaps now with 2 reminders a year... Society and the N.H.S. will realise that we as sufferers NEED TO SPREAD MORE awareness to our debilitating condition... and not to be continually disregarded and swept under the carpet, so to speak..
Please help this cause by sending this information to every contact in your address book, sufferer or not, in the hope to raise more awareness of the so called negativity that society breeds...
Alone we are victims... together we are a team...
We will win this battle....
~Hugz~
Linda x
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Week Beginning
2008
September:
29th, 22nd, 15th, 8th, 1st
August:
25th, 18th, 11th, 4th
July:
28th, 21st, 14th, 7th
June:
30th, 23rd, 16th, 9th, 2nd
May:
26th, 19th, 12th, 5th
April:
28th, 21st, 14th, 7th
March:
31st, 24th, 17th, 10th, 3rd
February:
25th, 18th, 11th, 4th
January:
28th, 21st, 14th, 7th2007
December:
31st, 24th, 17th, 10th, 3rd
November:
26th, 19th, 12th, 5th
October:
29th, 22nd, 15th, 8th, 1st
September:
24th, 17th, 10th, 3rd
August:
27th, 20th, 13th, 6th
July:
30th, 23rd, 16th, 9th, 2nd
June:
25th, 18th, 11th, 4th
May:
28th, 21st, 14th, 7th
April:
30th, 23rd, 2nd
March:
26th, 19th, 12th, 5th
February:
26th, 19th, 12th, 5th
January:
29th, 22nd, 15th, 8th, 1st2006
December:
25th, 18th, 11th, 4th
November:
27th, 20th, 13th, 6th
October:
30th, 23rd
