@drldyment.bsky.social
Family physician, mother, cancer survivor, living and working with ME
I love my family, my life and my work.The struggle to get from severe ME to mild is real and reclaiming participation in society is hard won.I am less lonely, but when I’m tired and not able to do what I want to do, I am still lonely.Despair and loneliness is how I would describe the feelings of ME.
September 21, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I love my family, my life and my work.The struggle to get from severe ME to mild is real and reclaiming participation in society is hard won.I am less lonely, but when I’m tired and not able to do what I want to do, I am still lonely.Despair and loneliness is how I would describe the feelings of ME.
Great response. Thanks for using your energy to do that.
April 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Great response. Thanks for using your energy to do that.
Rubella vaccine is given with measles generally. I had a young man in my practice with congenital Rubella syndrome. His life was very hard - almost blind, deformed short stature, cognitive challenges, and more. He accepted his fate and he died young. I know he wished his mom was vaccinated.
February 27, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Rubella vaccine is given with measles generally. I had a young man in my practice with congenital Rubella syndrome. His life was very hard - almost blind, deformed short stature, cognitive challenges, and more. He accepted his fate and he died young. I know he wished his mom was vaccinated.
Like him or not - Macron is trying to sort out Trump in a friendly manner with facts and actually got some conversation going - good on him.
February 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Like him or not - Macron is trying to sort out Trump in a friendly manner with facts and actually got some conversation going - good on him.
Probably you all knew that already but just in case it helps a fainter, or an observer who is assisting a fainter, thought I would mention it. And who cares how it looks to stomp your feet on the ground while laying down - beats having a broken nose, soiled pants, sprained wrist, concussion, etc.
February 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Probably you all knew that already but just in case it helps a fainter, or an observer who is assisting a fainter, thought I would mention it. And who cares how it looks to stomp your feet on the ground while laying down - beats having a broken nose, soiled pants, sprained wrist, concussion, etc.
Sometimes they have to repeat the process a few times before the autonomic system balances out again. Of course taking your time afterwards before getting up and salty fluids/electrolytes help if handy.
February 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Sometimes they have to repeat the process a few times before the autonomic system balances out again. Of course taking your time afterwards before getting up and salty fluids/electrolytes help if handy.
You all may already have your trick but when this is occurs in front of me I get them to lay down AND stomp their feet HARD on the bed or ground (if they are still alert). This engages the sympathetic system to raise the heart rate and has not yet failed to stop an event in progress.
February 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
You all may already have your trick but when this is occurs in front of me I get them to lay down AND stomp their feet HARD on the bed or ground (if they are still alert). This engages the sympathetic system to raise the heart rate and has not yet failed to stop an event in progress.
Yes - Fainting with #POTS is a heath risk - sprains and contusions, but I have also seen fractures (noses)and concussions (on brains that already suffer from lack of perfusion). It’s a warning flag which requires attention in the immediate state and possible investigations.
February 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Yes - Fainting with #POTS is a heath risk - sprains and contusions, but I have also seen fractures (noses)and concussions (on brains that already suffer from lack of perfusion). It’s a warning flag which requires attention in the immediate state and possible investigations.
Thanks - that works
February 20, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Thanks - that works
I tried each link to the publications but none of them brought me to the page. Could you double check the link? Or maybe it was just me…
February 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I tried each link to the publications but none of them brought me to the page. Could you double check the link? Or maybe it was just me…
That his absolutely no surprise to me. My #ME was undiagnosed prior to chemotherapy. In retrospect I had mild ME until chemotherapy put me in the #severeME category. I’m sure it’s more common then we think but no one has done the study. #LC is shining the light on neglected and maligned #ME.
February 15, 2025 at 6:36 AM
My marriage did not survive.To be fair, there were problems at the outset but as I got sick with #ME there was no compassion for me with my illness and no support in the marriage for me to begin the journey of healing. It’s been a journey. Friends and family still present are cherished.Chose wisely.
January 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My marriage did not survive.To be fair, there were problems at the outset but as I got sick with #ME there was no compassion for me with my illness and no support in the marriage for me to begin the journey of healing. It’s been a journey. Friends and family still present are cherished.Chose wisely.
Makes me so mad at Russia 🤬
January 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Makes me so mad at Russia 🤬
This is fantastic. It’s one study in the right direction.
Appreciate your work of following and highlighting the important studies.
Appreciate your work of following and highlighting the important studies.
January 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is fantastic. It’s one study in the right direction.
Appreciate your work of following and highlighting the important studies.
Appreciate your work of following and highlighting the important studies.
Oh, the pain of it all. I have no words. Grateful for what I have but the tears can’t stop flowing today.
December 29, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Oh, the pain of it all. I have no words. Grateful for what I have but the tears can’t stop flowing today.
Oh this is heart breaking. A life lost because of frustration over lives lost to post infectious illness. I’m very sad for the family of the man shot but equally sad for the young man who has been loosing his life for years.
December 12, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Oh this is heart breaking. A life lost because of frustration over lives lost to post infectious illness. I’m very sad for the family of the man shot but equally sad for the young man who has been loosing his life for years.
Sign me up! Another round of chemo will probably make my #ME severe again for another seven years - just can’t even handle the thought of that - let alone breast cancer recurrence.
December 6, 2024 at 6:08 AM
Sign me up! Another round of chemo will probably make my #ME severe again for another seven years - just can’t even handle the thought of that - let alone breast cancer recurrence.
Zero opportunity despite asking.
December 2, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Zero opportunity despite asking.
The lives those two destroyed is crushingly sad - Whole families destroyed. I wish this country success and justice.
November 29, 2024 at 3:49 PM
The lives those two destroyed is crushingly sad - Whole families destroyed. I wish this country success and justice.
I’m so low on the algorithm that no one sees my posts 🙄
November 27, 2024 at 2:56 AM
I’m so low on the algorithm that no one sees my posts 🙄