START AGAIN

Bonjour, 

 As this my first blog of 2026 I would like to begin by wishing you a Happy New Year. In my last blog I wrote about moving from the darkness to the light. Indeed I was hopeful at the end of 2025 but then as 2026 arrived everything changed again. I caught a horrendous cold and cough that lasted for all of January into the early weeks of February. This virus has just about gone but left me with a lowering of my baseline. The awful wet and gloomy weather has done nothing to help me or lift my mood. Only now do I feel that I'm getting back to the energy levels and hope that I expressed in my last blog. 

A new year can motivate some people to make new resolutions to start again. I had no such thoughts. For me it was just a case of surviving. And for people with M.E. it feels like just more of the same. It seems endless. 

I myself am on the brink of my 70th birthday and soon to reach my 24 years anniversary of becoming ill. I'm more fortunate than some in that the level of my illness is mostly moderate. Still even that means a huge reduction in my ability. I have lived with this illness for close to a third of my life. 

There are days when I wish that I could hit the reset button, go back in time and start over again. 

With increasing age I begin to doubt if anything will change for me in my lifetime. Time is running out. Still despite this I want to continue to raise better awareness and understanding for M.E. So I'm trying to formulate a project for M.E. Awareness week in May. It all depends on so many factors. Watch this space!

However, before that I plan to have a little celebration for my 70th birthday. Then all being well I hope to get back on track and plan my next project. 

À bientôt 

The French Femme