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Air Hunger in MECFS Explained (it's not what you think) airhunger chronic fatigue syndrome co2intolerance mecfs mecfs recovery Feb 03, 2026

I've been working a lot this past month on Pillar 3 of recovery (supporting the body), focusing on things like nutrition, sleep, movement, and hormonal balance.

And by the way — yes, my recovery is an ongoing process of maintenance. The same tools I used to get well across the four pillars, are the...

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Anj Granieri
What PEM Really Is (It’s Not Just Fatigue)
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What PEM Really Is (It’s Not Just Fatigue) chronic illness education energy limiting illness mecfs mecfs recovery neuroimmune fatigue neuroimmune illness pem post exertional malaise Dec 15, 2025

If you have MECFS, you've probably heard of PEM — post-exertional malaise. PEM is the hallmark feature of ME/CFS, and one of the clearest ways clinicians distinguish it from other illnesses. PEM, as it is defined in ME/CFS, does not occur in other conditions in the same way.

However, the term post-...

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Anj Granieri
How to Answer When Someone Asks "How Are You?"
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How to Answer When Someone Asks "How Are You?" authenticity brain retraining cfs chronicillnessrecovery mecfs recoverystrategies reorienting to the positive Nov 14, 2024
The Welp. This made me laugh... a lot.

Hey, LISTEN, beautiful souls. It certainly can be a challenge to know how to respond to this question, especially because I find that we tend to say "how are you?" to people without REALLY wanting to know how they ACTUALLY are. It's more at least in the USA,
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Regulating Tools: Lifelines For MECFS & Beyond
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Regulating Tools: Lifelines For MECFS & Beyond ans dysfunction bottom-up processing mecfs mecfs recovery regulating tools viral trigger Aug 10, 2024

Today I was in the hospital in Bali, with an infection that started minimally a week ago and has now spread. The last few days I have been in a remote part of the island, trying to find good care. It has been challenging, and I have had little choice in how I had to push my body past fatigue to trav...

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