What has ME ever done for me?

I was diagnosed in 1993, thought id completely recovered, spent the next 17 years undiagnosed and occassionally struggling, then relapsed/collapsed in October 2009.  I look after my ME every day. So what has ME ever done for me? Nothing …… Errm … apart from giving me an unerring ability to energy manage to the ultimate level of efficiency?

Yea OK, but apart from that? Errm … razor sharp instincts that tell me instantly what is happening to my body when ever i eat or drink anything?

Yea OK, apart from that? Errm …. hearing that is so sensitive that i can tell when there is something wrong with a car engine that even the mechanic cant hear?

Yes, yes but apart from that? Well i guess my sun sensitivity has certainly helped towards my younger looking skin?

Hmm .. there cant be anything else? Can there? Well, apart from having to have a massage every week to relax my muscles and help the pain? I don’t know anyone else who has that luxury do you? And ensuring i had to work from home so i missed hardly any of my kids lives? And because i worked from home giving me a freedom and a way of life that is a dream come true. And giving me a good few years where i lived off adrenaline and could out party 18 year olds? And giving me time to write? And giving me time to research all the new things I’m finding out on a daily basis? And giving me a chance to give my life a health check and right all the wrongs in it? And teach me how to relax, and how to be grateful for what I’ve got and showing me who my real friends are? And like i said yesterday its given me time to sit back and smell the roses.

Yea apart from that  – nothing. 😉 If i think of anything else i’ll let you know. What about you?