I'm sorry to hear that t-p.

Oh that's okay; it wasn't anything important anyway
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My mother had that for many years; but she's been without it for say the last ten.  I hope you get over this current episode without too many troubles; it must be quite difficult for you.

Ah, it's nothing to worry about; you know what we're like when it comes to spellings 

So sorry to hear about the ME, t-p. (What a lot of initials!) It's a wretched nuisance - I've known people of widely differing ages with it, and it has always got better in the end.

Your English is wonderful almost all the time - who cares about the occasional slip! It adds to the fun.

Thanks for good wishes, MabelJane.

t-p,

I had wondered why you seemed to come and go, and I'm glad you've told us now: it can't be an easy thing to live with at all. I love your spelling - as others have said, it gives your posts an immediate character, and they're as much a part of you as Bryn's typo's are of him. If you used a spell-checker all the time, it just wouldn't seem right at all. (And apart from Reiner, I'll bet our attempts at Russian would appear infinitely more ludicrous to any native Russian! But every now and then just one letter changes and makes such an unexpected alteration to the meaning that it's very hard not to want to share it with others. Forgive us.)

Ron

t-p

ME is a horrible thing to have. I was diagnosed with it 20 years ago but, as Mary says, it does get better, although it never completely goes. The theory is that as the years go by the periods of `remission` get longer and, personally, I have found that to be the case. My feeling is that ME teaches you to `listen` to your body and in that way one could regard it as a `gift`, although it certainly doesn`t feel like that when you are so exhausted that even laying on the sofa feels like an effort and the simplest of things e.g. washing your hair, is a major task. I have learnt that when I push my ME too far I, like you, can get my words wrong, I don`t think clearly, I can`t concentrate and I get very clumsy. That`s when I think "Ah, time to slow down for a bit".  Those ME periods are now few and far between though.

 If I hadn`t had ME then I wouldn`t be a therapist today. That was its `gift` to me - it taught me about being ill. There`s lots of us ME people out there, t-p. You are not alone. It really does get better eventually.

Morticia,
Thank you for your support. My friends (I even have a doctor-friend) think that I am imagining things and that I am depressed.
Thank you very much for telling me about yourself.
I learnt not to say anything to anybody because people don't understand.
I decided that this condition is stress related. I got it for the first time fourteen years ago after Mr. TP did not get tenure. However, it turned out to be blessing in disguise. 

I am so grateful for you for support. As I already said learnt to keep it to myself because people don't understand. One has to go through it to know what it feels like. I think I can not learn to take things easy and not to get upset. Yes there are many unpleasant people in the world, ambitious people, self important people, and selfish exploitive people and there is nothing one can do about that. But how not to care about it and don't feel angry?
This condition should teach me not to care so much, don't feel resentment or be angry, concentrate on positive and leave vengeance to God. 
Your support means a lot to me.

Jonatahan, there is a bad bug going now. I am glad you are feeling better.

You`re right there Kitty. A doc is probably the last person to expect serious consideration from in the case of ME.  There are so many symptoms involved it`s often dismissed as `malingering` or depression.  While there may well be depression involved, hardly surprising considering what ME can do, depression is a different issue altogether e.g. is it chronic or reactive depression?  Having fulminated so far, there are doctors who will take ME seriously but, professionally, I`ve heard too many docs and nurses say "Oh he/she thinks theyv`ve got ME", followed by a  knowing sniigger. 

Some times it is like that, Kitty. I found out apple trees don't give good harvest every year. Fields also have to rest.
We are like that too. Sometimes we need to rest to recharge our batteries. xxx