Quietly Triumphant!

There's life in the old girl yet. Yesterday I went for a long walk from Burford right out into the countryside, along the River Windrush (for part of the way). I had a little brochure of circular walks around Burford and chose this one as being a reasonable four miles long. Of course, the map turned out to be misleading, I got severely lost, and it took me two and a half hours in all.

But that didn't matter - it was a triumph. For the first time in ten years, I completed a long walk without any fatigue which wasn't normal - my legs did feel pretty siezed up by the end, but I had walked constantly without a break. I enjoyed it too; there were so many pretty wildflowers and a juvenile lark sprang out from the path just in front of me ( I nearly stepped on it). It was nice to be by the river, and most of all I enjoyed the feeling of being strong and able to walk and feel happy.

All this was made possible by a girl I encountered on Facebook, who had recovered completely from ME/CFS using the Lightning Process. I had an unsuccessful attempt at the LP, two and a half years ago, but when I read her account, I decided to write to her and ask how she did it. She's been very kind; wrote me good advice and even let me phone her and have quite a long chat. I was able to ask all my questions and have them answered to my satisfaction.

Putting her advice into action, I was able to do this walk after only two days!

I don't like the LP people very much, and have felt cheated out of what was for us a lot of money - but I'm glad, at last, to understand how to do it and to have such an encouraging 'mentor' to help me.