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"Lost a very valuable and helpful source"

About: Countywide Community Care Service Delivery Unit / Post Viral Fatigue Service

(as a service user),

I have longterm ME/CFS and have had very bad, bad, and some better periods over the last few years. Over the last 3-4 years I lost both my parents and my Wife then lost both her parents - there haver been other family losses too - which has stressed both of us causing me to relapse a couple of times, after each relapse recovery has taken longer and been much harder, and recovery is less complete each time.

The last 6 months have been bad, sadly coinciding with changes to the local PVFS service - which for me personally has been a Very Bad Thing as we have lost a very valuable and helpful source of help and advice.

I now feel as if my 'freeboard' (boating term: the bit that is above waterline) is being reduced all the time and I'm unable to regain or recover from my relapse this time around - to the point where I'm unsure how much longer I can continue as things stand. Yet I/we are currently without the previously superb advice and help -  practical advice and help for overall management of my condition, so I currently have no recovery plan as everything is just getting too much.

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Response from Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care Trust last week
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care Trust
Submitted on 09/10/2025 at 17:53
Published on Care Opinion on 10/10/2025 at 08:26


Thank-you for reaching out, we’re so sorry to read about your family losses and how this has caused relapses.

We are pleased that you previously accessed superb advice and help for the management of your ME/CFS and want to reassure you that the PVFS aims to provide a similar source of support. Please do contact us at whcnhs.postviralfatigue@nhs.net if you would like to discuss this further.

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