Chanelle Hayes has revealed she has been diagnosed with M.E. or CFS (chronic fatigue symptom) after losing nine stone following a gastric sleeve operation.
The former Big Brother star has said her health has got so bad she can no longer go to the gym, drink alcohol or enjoy nights out with friends because she’s always so exhausted.
She told The Sun that her condition went undiagnosed for four years due to her being obese – but has dropped from a size 18 to a size 10.
‘It feels like my bones are exploding’: Chanelle Hayes has revealed she has been told she has M.E. and went undiagnosed for years due to obesity – before losing nine stone
Chanelle told the publication: ‘I thought “I’m overweight, it’s my own fault, no wonder I’m tired all of the time and no wonder my joints are killing me.”
‘Then as I started to lose weight I felt like the pain was getting worse and worse.’
Chanelle said the pain is like childbirth, and she feels like her ‘bones are going to explode’.
Common symptoms of ME/CFS include feeling extremely tired all the time and still feeling tired after resting or sleeping.
She then detailed how she is struggling with the disease because it is invisible and that people think she is lazy.
Chanelle said that before losing weight, she thought: ‘I’m overweight, it’s my own fault, no wonder I’m tired all of the time and no wonder my joints are killing me’ (pictured in 2017)
She said: ‘There are days I’ve slept for 14 hours and when I wake up in the morning I still haven’t got enough energy to brush my teeth or do my hair.’
She has been left not even being able to the gym as she is too tired, and, as a result of the condition, she has lost more weight than she wanted to because she is asleep a lot of the time.
Chanelle also detailed how she is missing out on time with her children Blakely, 11, and Frankie, four, because she is asleep so much of the time.
She then shared how the condition makes her feel, and she said that it feels like there’s a volcano inside her bones.
Although there is no cure for the disease, Chanelle has been trying to work out her triggers and what makes her tired to keep the disease under control.
She’s also on seven medications a day to keep her chronic pain at bay.
Painful: Chanelle previously thought she had fibromyalgia as the symptoms she was feeling were similar
She hopes that she will not need full time care, and called her boyfriend Dan an ‘attribute.’
Chanelle previously thought she had fibromyalgia as the symptoms she was feeling were similar.
She said at the time: ‘Today is one of those days where getting in the shower made me need a 3 hour sleep. Now my joints feel like they might explode.’
Earlier this month Chanelle shared in a post she’s been struggling with exhaustion, pain, aches, and headaches, which has led her to believe she could be suffering from Fibromyalgia.
She wrote alongside a glum faced selfie: ‘So lately I’ve been undergoing lots of medical stuff, ruling out certain conditions etc.
‘At the minute, what I’m presenting to docs (after ruling out all other things via bloods, scans etc) is pointing towards fibromyalgia.
The star has been open about her weight-loss, earlier this year disclosing that she had been under the knife and received gastric band surgery.
In the Q&A with her followers she disclosed that she is currently a healthy nine stone.
Previously having struggled with her weight she has managed to lose a huge 8 stone following the surgery.
The star’s weight has fluctuated dramatically over the past few years as her unhealthy relationship with food saw her weight creep up to 17 stone in 2019.
Body Positivity: Chanelle has been showcasing her incredible weight-loss on social media
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