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September 14, 2005

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Forgotten for Now...

Well, since I last wrote I have had my driving test, and failed it. I didn't maim anyone you will be pleased to know, I just hit the kerb. Surely that's what kerbs are for – telling you where the road ends!

I haven't been thinking about my health very much, more that of others. My friend's two-year-old daughter has been diagnosed with acute leukaemia which can only be treated with a bone marrow transplant. She hasn't much time, so her family swung into action and got themselves tested. Unfortunately none of them was a match, so today I decided I would see if I could register on the Anthony Nolan bone marrow transplant register. The idea was that even if I can't help little S, I can maybe help someone else in that position. However, it seems that because of my chronic fatigue syndrome I am not eligible. Apparently if you have had an episode or in the last 12 months or a relapse, you can't register. My last relapse was in January, extending to February. I feel so disappointed. I so wanted to do something practical to help.

A friend came to see me last night. She told me how hard the last few months had been and how depressed she's feeling. She reeled off a list of symptoms that fit with clinical depression. I gave her a stern talking to about how she needs to see her GP and get some counselling or medication or something. I don't know whether she will though. I've told her this before.
If I ran the world life would be so much easier...

Posted by Sleepy Sal at 7:59 AM | Comments (0)