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mission: exert minimum effort by Anne Posted Mon 02 Nov 2009 12:00am I’m really unenthusiastic about cooking this week. I think it’s mostly because so many of the things I tried last week totally flopped. I’m much more encouraged to try new recipes when they are a success rather than a total disaster. Maybe I’m exaggerating, but the crockpot meal I made did not turn out. It was a recipe for cheesy ... Read on »

It's Not ADD it's Effort Persistence Deficit Disorder) by Teresa M. Posted Sat 05 May 2012 6:46pm It's Not ADD it's Effort Persistence Deficit Disorder Attention Deficit Disorder has less to do with attention or hyperactivity and much more to do with the persistence of effort, staying motivated and the ability to work without a reward in site. Teachers, even those trained to work with ADHD kids fail to understand that th ... Read on »

Post-Exertional Malaise - Complete Series by Sue J. Patient Expert

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Posted Mon 20 Sep 2010 5:25am There was such a wonderful response to my posting of Jennie Spotilla's article series on Post-Exertional Malaise last week! Glad you found her articles as valuable and informative as I did. Jennie let me know over the weekend that there was a fourth article that I missed, so here's a link to the full 4-part series on Post-Exertional Malaise Read on »

Monitoring Heart Rate to Avoid Post-Exertional Crashes by Sue J. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 10 Nov 2010 6:19am Fellow CFS blogger Lee Lee alerted me to this excellent article about how to monitor your heart rate in order to help stay within your limits and avoid post-exertional crashes. Although I have long understood the importance of avoiding aerobic exercise with CFS, this article provides some very specific tips about how to figure out where your Read on »

Excellent Articles on Post-Exertional Malaise by Sue J. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 17 Sep 2010 7:29am , I thought I'd share some really excellent articles on Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM) by Jennie Spotilla a former CFS blogger and member of the CFIDS Association's Board of Directors. Jennie is a wonderful writer and did a fabulous job researching, interviewing, and writing this 3-part article series Part 1: Unraveling Post-exertional Malaise Part 2 Read on »

"Post-exertional Malaise" aka feeling really crap by Jozephine Posted Fri 19 Jun 2009 5:42pm One thing that's good about the term 'post-exertional malaise' is that it doesn't contain the word 'fatigue'. The day before yesterday I chased my dog up a steep incline... before this post-exertional crap feeling sets in. After all, exercise is supposed to be good for you right? The only explanation I can think of for the delay is that it takes Read on »

A 58 year old women presents with episodes of "greying out" with exertion by JASON WINTER Posted Mon 14 Jun 2010 6:33am Here's great case submitted by Dr John M A 58 year old women presents with episodes of "greying out" with exertion. She has had a slightly higher than usual heart rate for a few days, but of late, any exertion brings on near syncopal episodes. Past history includes long-standing atrial fibrillation. In the past two years, she has had two left Read on »

Heart Rate and Post-Exertional Crashes in CFS by Sue J. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 03 Feb 2011 7:12pm in the last couple of months about how monitoring heart rate can help someone with ME/CFS to avoid post-exertional crashes. At the end of last year, I posted a link to an excellent... much medical jargon. Why Do We Crash After Exertion? We all know that one of the biggest and worst parts of ME/CFS is the exercise intolerance, also known as post-exertional Read on »

August 11, 2008 With COPD,Rest and Recovery after major exertion is a must by Roxlyn Facebook

Posted Mon 11 Aug 2008 9:06pm long use of them, but also to mentally take a break from pushing my self extra hard...it does take serious mental AND physical effort to keep going Read on »

Ratings of Perceived Exertion by Tara Posted Fri 11 Feb 2011 7:00am Sounds fancy, doesn't it? In reality, it happens to be quite the opposite. Determining your rating of perceived exertion is actually an easy way to gauge the intensity... of perceived exertion. All you have to do is assess how hard you're working based on the Scale itself How does it work? Ratings of perceived exertion taken into account just about Read on »