My dd1 is 6 & since jan has been ill on & off, we haven't had any diagnosis but because of her picking every bug going & tiredness one gp did think it could be glandular fever or post viral fatigue. School have been good but she has been absent a lot, last term the only full week she did was the last week of term, most other weeks she did 3 or 4 days. She did two weeks of half days that worked well but both school & myself want her to be at school when she was well. She seemed to turna corner the last few weeks, has had more energy & hadn't been ill. At the weekend she had a rash - viral/heat type rash & mon morning her face was swollen, saw nurse practitioner who said it was a virus, since then she has been off school. She's complaining of the same symptoms previously, feeling sick, tired, limbs feeling heavy & is much worse in the morning & at night. It's hard as she is well for periods but tires quickly, her teacher seems to think she worries about feeling ill & makes herself feel worse & while I think this is true there is something definite behind all this as she's not just ill when it's school. The gp's I've seen are all unwilling to diagnose her but happy it's nothing serious however school would prefer to have a letter from the gp to explain the absences. I've asked one gp for a letter & he was spectacularly unhelpful & seemed to think it was all caused by worry. Sats are coming up so would you battle for a letter from a gp before school insist on one or just get her to school when well enough. Just worried as dd is bright but sets herself high standards, my missing school she is loosing confidence in her ability but when she's been in school & feeling unwell that seems to knock her confidence even more as she doesn't do as well at things as she normally does. Excuse the long waffly post!