Russell Fleming

Former investment manager international private banking. Disabled by M.E. and forced to retire after 15 year career. Tweet latest news relating to #MECFS.

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

Just to say that I have been appointed to manage the @MEAssociation social media and website content. Hoping I can handle it! #MECFS

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

@Dodlink @MEAssociation Thank you. It's going to be hard but I hope I can rise to the challenge. A couple of hours a day from home. Need to re-org my routines 😀

[Yersinia @JaneEBSmith]

@Firestormmer @julierehmeyer It's an interesting podcast. Wasn't wild about the 'over acheiver' bit as that has been used to patient blame but overall good.

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

Listening now. When patients and researchers face-off: The PACE Trial and ME/CFS with @julierehmeyer and others. #MECFS #PACETrial https://t.co/fGSr8Qx9DN

[Undiscovered 🔬 @undiscoveredpod]

New episode 🎧 A landmark study on sets off a multi-year battle between patients and scientists https://t.co/HWPoABla6e

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

@WildNycgirl New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker:

#MECFS #MEAwarenessMonth

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

@WildNycgirl New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker:

#MECFS #MEAwarenessMonth

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

@Shareaholic @ThomJacksonWood .@ThomJacksonWood I'm really looking forward to watching your films. Thanks for raising awareness in such an effective way. Awesome! #MECFS

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

@Shareaholic @ThomJacksonWood "Keeping everything contained in a single space would visually represent the extreme isolation you can feel when you have ME." #MECFS

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

@Shareaholic @ThomJacksonWood would be able to relate to and identify with, even if they didn’t have the condition." via @ThomJacksonWood #MECFS

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

@Shareaholic @ThomJacksonWood "My main reason for writing Awaken and The Black Box as narrative fiction was because I wanted to create a character with ME that people...

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

@Shareaholic @ThomJacksonWood "Rather than present my condition as a series of facts, I wanted to use it to tell a story." via @ThomJacksonWood #MECFS

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

@Shareaholic @ThomJacksonWood "ME has also messed up my bladder control, so I wear incontinence pads all the time."
With you there my brother 😒 #MECFS #Incontinence

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

@Shareaholic @ThomJacksonWood "I find walking very difficult and therefore use a manual wheelchair, a mobility scooter or crutches to get around." #MECFS

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

@Shareaholic @ThomJacksonWood "He hopes the films will raise awareness of different disabilities, and ME in particular." via @ThomJacksonWood #MECFS

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

ME and me: making films about disability to raise awareness - https://t.co/LbHrpUas2B via @Shareaholic @ThomJacksonWood #Disability #MECFS

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

@tandfnewsroom @aboutmecfs Further comments: https://t.co/MGdPWHknOd via @aboutmecfs #MECFS

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

@tandfnewsroom @aboutmecfs "Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but is it implying that orthostatic intolerance is caused from prolonged periods of horizontalness?" #MECFS

[Russell Fleming @Firestormmer]

@tandfnewsroom Further comments about this narrative review and the effects of gravity: https://t.co/J1QzhyQ5iH via @aboutmecfs #MECFS

[Kerry Newnham @Squashedhedgi]

@Firestormmer @tandfnewsroom I'm bedbound tube fed, can't bear touch, swallow etc, is gravity& deconditionin my big worry or their preocc?