Happiful August 2019
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From being<br />
diagnosed<br />
with ME, to<br />
rediscovering me<br />
Chronic fatigue syndrome<br />
shook Vikki’s life to the core, but<br />
it also prompted her to reassess<br />
what really mattered. Now,<br />
she’s determined to never take<br />
a moment for granted<br />
Writing | Vikki Cook<br />
Sitting at my desk, tears<br />
splashing on my keyboard,<br />
I avoided meeting the<br />
impatient sideways glares<br />
from my colleagues, and<br />
tried to pull myself together.<br />
For months I’d been struggling, aware<br />
of the gossip and rumours, and trying<br />
to stay on top of my work, but an<br />
important meeting had just fallen apart<br />
because of me. My brain fog had left<br />
me unprepared. I was humiliated, and<br />
couldn’t even summon the energy to<br />
walk to the toilets to sob in private.<br />
A year earlier, in December 2010, a<br />
vicious strain of flu left me with postviral<br />
fatigue syndrome (PVFS) – a<br />
condition that can leave the sufferer with<br />
a host of symptoms, from muscle aches<br />
to disabling fatigue. >>>
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