The tunnel, and the way through it
In late 2022, I fell ill with chronic fatigue syndrome. Within months I was largely bed-bound, and I stayed that way for the best part of nine months.
If you've been there, I don't need to describe it. If you haven't: it felt like my life was over. A very dark tunnel, with no sign of light. I couldn't work. Some days I could barely think. The person I had been seemed to belong to someone else.
I'm not cured — not by any means. This website is not about giving anyone the answer. It's about sharing some of the answers I found.
Along the way I came across people who genuinely helped — from a psychological point of view, and from a physical one. What I never found was a one-stop shop for the technology that, in the world we're living in, can make life with chronic fatigue easier and better.
So that's what this is.
What you'll find here
I've always been a technology person, and I've spent the last few years turning that obsession into something useful: finding, testing, and living with the tools that make a genuine difference. Things like:
- AI tools for brain fog — getting things done, and getting words out, even when your mind won't cooperate
- Exoskeleton legs — making it possible to get out of the house and walk, when without them that simply isn't an option
- Sleep and recovery technology — the devices and data that helped me understand what my body was doing, and gently improve it
Everything here is written from lived experience. I'll tell you what worked for me, what didn't, and what the trade-offs are. You don't need to be a technology person to read any of it — my whole aim is to open this world up to people who would never otherwise find it. I recently met a nurse who had never heard of a consumer exoskeleton. That conversation is, in a way, why this site exists.
One step at a time
I'd love this site to grow into a real resource, and maybe one day a community. But as a chronic fatigue sufferer, that's very much going to have to be one step at a time.
Creating this site is my first step on that journey. Thanks for being here for it.