Whatever happened to Yuppie flue /Chronic fatigue syndrome/M.E? there was a time when every company I worked for had one or two people on long term sick leave with M.E !! Is everyone now eating better/healthily, working less hours and exercising, hence the whole phenomenon is gone?
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Originally posted by SandyDown View PostWhatever happened to Yuppie flue /Chronic fatigue syndrome/M.E? there was a time when every company I worked for had one or two people on long term sick leave with M.E !! Is everyone now eating better/healthily, working less hours and exercising, hence the whole phenomenon is gone? -
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How's your chicken pox coming on Lucy?
(I had that when I was 16.)Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by SandyDown View PostWhatever happened to Yuppie flue /Chronic fatigue syndrome/M.E? there was a time when every company I worked for had one or two people on long term sick leave with M.E !! Is everyone now eating better/healthily, working less hours and exercising, hence the whole phenomenon is gone?
More info is available at the ME Association and various other websites that can be found by asking Google.Comment
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Originally posted by Lucy View PostFriend of mine suffered from M.E for 15 years, she suicided a couple of months ago.Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostThere is also a variant known as Contractor Flu, or ME ME ME! as it is sometimes called.
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A lot of people who were diagnosed with ME actually had Fibromyalgia - about which more is only recently becoming known. Today is National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day by the way.
http://www.fibromyalgia-associationu...nt/view/227/1/...my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...
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