On World Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, we felt it apt to share the latest update from the Future Clinic's groundbreaking Isle of Wight research programme.
There are exciting plans for a new research programme on the Isle of Wight that will seek to find out how commonly people with Fibromyalgia are infected with the bacteria which causes Lyme Disease and other certain viruses. A update on the start date, funding and call for healthy subjects within.
There are many Islanders who live with this chronic condition and will be pleased to hear that a debate on the petition calling for the condition to be recognised as a disability will take place in Parliament next week.
It's Fibromyalgia Awareness Week and International Pain Awareness Month, so felt like the right time to share my personal story of living with this hidden, but debilitating and challenging condition. I hope it will raise general awareness and help others come to terms with their own diagnoses.
After his son died suddenly last year Ian will be splitting all money raised from challenges this year between Prostate Cancer and a fund set up for his son’s young daughter
Yet another mammoth challenge completed by Islander, Ian Gregory. This one the infamous Dragon Ride Gran Fondo, a 213km, (132 mile), bike ride up through the closed roads of the Brecon Beacons
Katina Hockney shares her personal story of how experiencing the symptoms of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis 22 years ago led to her losing her career in teaching, her independence and has taken away her quality of life