Whilst we know the average quality of life for ME/CFS patients is amongst the very worst for chronic diseases, I think in advocacy the true disaster that is severe / very severe ME has been significantly underplayed.
New @wecrunchme visual on this topic 💙
Turn 36 today & I’ve spent my entire thirties with #LongCovid. When I turned 30 I was biking to work 10 miles a day, & since my mild covid infection — I struggle to walk more than a block or work more than a few hours a week.
Here’s 4 things I wish everyone knew:
@CrazySadAzn When I read TLG that’s all I could see. He’s so stressed and just barely getting through that he develops tunnel vision and misses things.
I’m just getting sicker & sadder.
There is no event, big or small, that is worth this loss.
Masking saves lives & livelihoods.
Take care while you still can.
Day 3 of my sister trying to go back to work and it's destroying her. Just one month of radical rest could be the difference of recovery or a second heart attack. Every dollar helps, every re-tweet helps.
Thank you all so much, I'm humbled and grateful for the help.
@seanstidston@Sabrina_Poirier I don’t know. She does not respond well to feedback at all. I haven’t even seen a screenshot of what she deleted this time around.
@davidtuller1 Apart from the lying my favorite part is they claim to understand PEM, but then do this:
“The intervention was informed by existing rehabilitation frameworks, which have shown promise in managing chronic fatigue syndromes.”
Except source 12? It’s about MS. Not ME 🤦🏻♀️
Wow we are almost at 1000 signatures now. Thanks for all those signing especially those on behalf of Megan 🥺 @MECFScomrade you’re still making the world a better place
Apologies are extremely rare in the world of ME/CFS, so it’s encouraging to see such a good example of someone acknowledging a mistake, taking responsibility and implementing a solution. This is how you write an apology. I’d like to see more of this, please.
@CureLongCovid@HarryLeeming Unfortunately these biopsychosocial (BPS) researchers are entrenched in the ME world.
It’s taken decades of patients fighting against them to turn the tide and get research to focus on physiology and not just psychology.
Chalder’s history
https://t.co/Vopy48Cv6E