Badly crashed for six months with ME/CFS, now a little better with paced strength training
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 4 years
- Last post
- Apr 2026
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
the PEM PEM'ed.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
i probs counts as mild since i can hold a mid-demanding 20hr a wk job (most of the time) but dancing around my room for 20mins sets off a flare.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
i was thinking i was doing better over all
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
since my first infection in 2022 but only started a few months after that infection
Summary
Cove 94725 dates their illness to a first COVID infection in 2022, with periods of feeling sick every few days to a week. A third infection in 2024 left them badly crashed for six months while they kept working in constant pain. They call themselves mild, working a 20-hour week, though a 20-minute dance at home triggers a flare; paced body-weight strength training with a heart-rate monitor was going okay after a week and a half.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Loops and Flare ear defenders · Helped
I have and love both so much, use my Flare Calmers daily
In context ↗ - body-weight strength training · Not said
we're trying it for 6wks to see how i do
In context ↗
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. The chart starts 2 years after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | first COVID infection; bouts of feeling sick began a few months lateri've been having periods of being "sick" that cycle every few days to a week since my first infection in 2022 but only started a few months after that infection.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2024 | third COVID infection; six months completely trashed out while still getting to work, in constant paini was completely trashed out for the six months immediately following my 3rd infection (ligit do not know how i was making it to work, i was in pain constantly).In context ↗ | Mild |
| 2026-02-06 | crashed the day after pushing through a doctor's appointmentspent all day yesterday barely able to move in bed bc my body just felt like it stopped workingIn context ↗ | Severe |
| 2026-04-26 | holding a 20-hour-a-week job, started paced body-weight strength trainingi probs counts as mild since i can hold a mid-demanding 20hr a wk job (most of the time) but dancing around my room for 20mins sets off a flare.In context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
dancing around my room for 20mins sets off a flare.
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
i was in pain constantly
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
barely able to move in bed bc my body just felt like it stopped working
In context ↗ - Light & noise sensitivity
I have and love both so much, use my Flare Calmers daily.
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