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‘I was tired of lying in bed dreaming of all I wanted to do.’ 12/05/2021
Gym at 6.30am followed by a G&T 12 hours later. For women who want to live life at their optimum, energy is currency. So, when an illness strikes that robs you of it, you’re left feeling not only devastated, but invisible, too. Here, one writer shares how witnessing up close chronic fatigue syndrome or also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis - a condition which many long Covid sufferers now qualify for a diagnosis of - has taught her that energy is not a certainty, but a privilege.