So two years ago I wrote an article on what my life had become since I got severe m.e in 2011. I couldn't walk around my house, I had to crawl everywhere. When i could walk I used a zimmer frame for months in order to get around. Whenever I left the house, even to walk up my road I was in my wheelchair. I lost a lot of friends and became quite isolated with my family being my mail support system, and sometimes the only people I would see for days or weeks.
Two years on and I am so much better, and have achieved so much. Yet I'm still ill. I can walk outside now, I pick my sister up from school by myself and when I go out I don't need my wheeclahir, unless I'm out a long time without places to sit down as my legs are still week.
To other people my age I don't have such an amazing life, I can got out with my friend but can't go partying, I can't drink alcohol, I can't go to school or college, I can't really do the normal things a nearly 18 year old would do.
But I don't really mind. I can go to the cinema, I can go out for a meal, I can go shopping with my mum in my wheelchair, I can be out for a couple of hours at a time, I can go on my sewing machine, I can read a book, I can do an online course, I can go on holiday to Wales.
It's not about what I can't do but about how many things I now can do. Its about making the most out my circumstances and appreciating the little things. I feel so lucky to just be where I am today. So many of my friends are still so poorly, and it's not getting that much better.
A lot of people don't believe in m.e and don't take it seriously. I for one haven't had that mnay bad experiences with people, but from the one or two I have had I know just how horrible it can be. That's why I'm writing this to try and raise some awareness If I help one person realise how serious, debilitating, long term this illness can be then I will be very grateful!
Thank you for reading and I hope this helps you understand a bit about m.e.
Sophie xxxx
This is my article I wrote two years ago..
http://www.wirralnews.co.uk/wirral-news/local-wirral-news/2011/05/04/wirral-teenager-tells-of-her-me-struggle-to-mark-awareness-week-80491-28626563/
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