Get Well From ME

Get Well From ME is a video blog started by a British ME patient man named Giles Meehan. His objective is to advise on how to manage ME/CFS, encourage those who are recovering, educate about the illness, and support people with severe ME who are not getting better. He got sick at the end of university with a bad case of glandular fever, caused by cytomegalovirus, and never recovered. He spent his twenties basically housebound. At his worst he couldn't walk 100 meters to the end of the road and back. As one can see in the videos, he has improved significantly.

Videos and full text transcripts are available at Get Well From ME. Videos only are available at his YouTube channel GetWellFromME.

About ME

• 1. Introduction - A brief introduction about ME. Video and Transcript
• 2. What Is ME? - An overview of the illness ME and the main symptom of debilitating physical and mental exhaustion. Video and Transcript
• 3. Symptoms - As well as severe physical and mental exhaustion, people with ME suffer with a wide range of other debilitating symptoms. Video and Transcript
• 4. Other Illnesses - Other names for ME / CFS, conditions which might be related, and similarities with other different illnesses. Video and Transcript
• 5. - Diagnosis of ME, and how important it is to get a correct diagnosis. Video and Transcript
• 6. What is it like to have ME? Some thoughts about having this debilitating neurological illness, which is thought to affect up to 250,000 people in the UK. Video and Transcript
• 7. The most important things you can do to help a friend who’s got ME. Video and Transcript
• 8. Seven ideas how you could help a friend who has ME Video and Transcript
• 9. Support For Someone With ME Video and Transcript
• 10. What Might Cause ME (Part 1) A brief overview of some of the possible causes, triggers or mechanisms involved with ME Video and Transcript
• 11. What Might Cause ME (Part 2) Video and Transcript
• 12. What Might Cause ME (Part 3) Video and Transcript

Treatment

• 13. How To Get Well From ME (CFS)? 10 Areas Of Treatment To Look At Video and Transcript
• 14. Start Here - Newly Diagnosed With ME Video and Transcript
• 15. Where Are You With ME? Do some people with ME find that their symptoms get better or worse depending on where they are? Or depending on the weather? It is called the “Location Effect”. Video and Transcript
• 16. Avoiding mould in buildings and bad locations has made a big difference to my health. Here I explain where the idea comes from and why. Video and Transcript
• 17. Videos skip to #18
• 18a. Gentle Muscle Stretching Exercises (Part 1) - Video and Transcript
• 18b. Gentle Muscle Stretching Exercises (Part 2) - Video and Transcript

Other

• All About ME - Poem by Lisa Whight Video and Transcript
• ME is real - true facts doctors and journalists need to know Video and Transcript
• ME: What Hope? Talk at the Speakers of Felixstowe meeting, Oct 2011 - Video
• My ME Story Video
• This is ME - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Video and Transcript
• Update: Rituximab, Locations Effect - Get Well From ME Video and Transcript

Videos on YouTube channel only

• 01 Aug 2013, The Big Shave 2013 for ME Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - Amy Hanson shaves her head to raise money for the 25 Percent ME Group
• 3 Dec 2011, How To Make A Great Delicious Gluten Free Dairy Free Christmas Cake
• 31 Oct 2011, Let's Do It For ME! Campaign for national UK research and treatment centre
• 17 Aug 2011, Vlog: Sailing - from Felixstowe Ferry to Levington

Online presence

• Get Well From ME Website
• YouTube channel
• Twitter
• Facebook

See myalgic encephalomyelitis.

cytomegalovirus (CMV) - A common herpesvirus found in humans. Like other herpesviruses, it is a life-long infection that remains in a latent state inside the human body, until it is 'reactivated' by appropriate conditions. CMV infects between 60% to 70% of adults in industrialized countries and close to 100% in emerging countries. Much is unknown about this virus, although it has been found in salivary glands and myeloid blood cells such as monocytes. It has also been linked to the development of certain cancers. Congenital CMV is a leading infectious cause of deafness, learning disabilities, and intellectual disability. A common treatment for CMV is valganciclovir, commonly known as Valcyte.