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@drldyment.bsky.social
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Family physician, mother, cancer survivor, living and working with ME at BC-CLMF

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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thanks for highlighting Tom. I’ll be speaking on paediatric Long Covid in BC at the Pacific Meet up session for the 4th Canadian Long Covid Symposium next week - virtual attendance is free.
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
25 adolescents with ME/CFS found to have slower information-processing speeds, poorer sleep, reduced quality of life, and poorer mental wellbeing compared with 25 healthy controls of the same age. Read more: bit.ly/4dUz7sZ Link to research paper: bit.ly/4rzVKc8 #mecfs #cfs #pwme #cfsme
ME/CFS in Adolescence: Effects on cognition and wellbeing 
25 young people with mild or moderate ME/CFS aged 12 to 19 years were compared with 25 healthy controls of the same age. 
Results showed that those with ME/CFS had: 

Greater symptom burden including poorer sleep and reduced quality of life 
Slower processing speeds 
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Issues with attention and working memory 
Reduced `psychosocial wellbeing' 
Note: This study used a small sample size and did not include those with more severe froms of the disease. 
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INFORM. INFLUENCE. INVEST. 
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Chau, T., Josev, E. K., Scheinberg, A., at al. J. Paediatr. Child Health. 2026; 1-13.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I love that he calls it a disease rather than a syndrome.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Two of my favourite people on Bluesky - Vlad is an #ME champion who continues to contribute to the world with his great mind despite his #LongCovid and #ME. Thank you both for your work in supporting Ukraine.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Glad someone is finally doing the studies to show what we see in clinic.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
And house cleaning
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Yes, does not seem to be active. Thanks very much for the re-post.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Hello all, I am working on a project about #ME and looking for physicians who have ME that would be willing to be interviewed about having ME. Dr Lana Dyment, BSc MD CCFP FCFP BC-CLMF
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Hello all, I am working on a project about #ME and looking for physicians who have ME that would be willing to be interviewed about having ME. Dr Lana Dyment, BSc MD CCFP FCFP BC-CLMF
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Still perpetuated today-but I recently had a meeting with our local children’s psychiatry department and they were genuinely interested to understand the condition and not reactive when I pointed out PEM was not psychosomatic. I am hopeful the tide is turning.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Always appreciate your work. In a busy life it’s hard to keep up. Thanks for highlighting important works.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Hey All! The Long Covid Web 4th Canadian Symposium on Long Covid is now open for registration: www.longcovidweb.ca/events/2026-... Join us!
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2026 Symposium | Long COVID Web
This symposium will offer invited speakers and panelists as well as all participants interested in the subject, the opportunity to express themselves on these issues and to explore possible solutions ...
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Cannot see the video professor.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Everyone has their own approach to treatment but given our lack of individual functional medicine testing, I believe all aspects of the cellular equations have to be supplemented and or supported physiologically to push the equations forward to improve symptoms in #ME.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I agree that the mitochondrial dysfunction we see in #ME is likely due to several possible different cellular pathophysiological processes that can occur. Many different biological errors in cellular function can lead to a failure of the end product - ATP, and resulting common symptoms.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I am now seeing children and youth with LC,ME, and F. It is my clinical impression that they are symptomatic for a long time (years) before getting a proper diagnosis. Their baselines and mental health suffer during that time. We can do better.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Thanks for posting and thanks for all the important work you do.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Yes, I agree and sadly I know this from many perspectives. The average diagnosis time for #ME takes 7 years, depending on the study. Maybe #LC has raised awareness as the severest forms lead to ME and the timeline will improve. I have a goal to reach the youth before they become severe.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Great visual for the lives of people with #ME. Most people in a mild state of #ME are “faking well” to try to live a normal life…. It’s so tricky when you can almost feel it but it’s not quite in reach.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I am not giving up on myself or you! #ME #LC #FM
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
I love my family, my life and my work.The struggle to get from severe ME to mild is real and reclaiming participation in society is hard won.I am less lonely, but when I’m tired and not able to do what I want to do, I am still lonely.Despair and loneliness is how I would describe the feelings of ME.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Great response. Thanks for using your energy to do that.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Rubella vaccine is given with measles generally. I had a young man in my practice with congenital Rubella syndrome. His life was very hard - almost blind, deformed short stature, cognitive challenges, and more. He accepted his fate and he died young. I know he wished his mom was vaccinated.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Like him or not - Macron is trying to sort out Trump in a friendly manner with facts and actually got some conversation going - good on him.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Probably you all knew that already but just in case it helps a fainter, or an observer who is assisting a fainter, thought I would mention it. And who cares how it looks to stomp your feet on the ground while laying down - beats having a broken nose, soiled pants, sprained wrist, concussion, etc.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Sometimes they have to repeat the process a few times before the autonomic system balances out again. Of course taking your time afterwards before getting up and salty fluids/electrolytes help if handy.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
You all may already have your trick but when this is occurs in front of me I get them to lay down AND stomp their feet HARD on the bed or ground (if they are still alert). This engages the sympathetic system to raise the heart rate and has not yet failed to stop an event in progress.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Yes - Fainting with #POTS is a heath risk - sprains and contusions, but I have also seen fractures (noses)and concussions (on brains that already suffer from lack of perfusion). It’s a warning flag which requires attention in the immediate state and possible investigations.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Thanks - that works
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I tried each link to the publications but none of them brought me to the page. Could you double check the link? Or maybe it was just me…
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
That his absolutely no surprise to me. My #ME was undiagnosed prior to chemotherapy. In retrospect I had mild ME until chemotherapy put me in the #severeME category. I’m sure it’s more common then we think but no one has done the study. #LC is shining the light on neglected and maligned #ME.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
My marriage did not survive.To be fair, there were problems at the outset but as I got sick with #ME there was no compassion for me with my illness and no support in the marriage for me to begin the journey of healing. It’s been a journey. Friends and family still present are cherished.Chose wisely.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Office conversation: Why don’t you send her to an #ME specialist to get a proper diagnosis?Colleague- What can you do for “those people” anyway? Look him right in the eyes - You know I was in severe ME and here I am working. Give her the respect she deserves. Colleague - Right, where do I send her?
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This is fantastic. It’s one study in the right direction. Appreciate your work of following and highlighting the important studies.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Oh, the pain of it all. I have no words. Grateful for what I have but the tears can’t stop flowing today.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Oh this is heart breaking. A life lost because of frustration over lives lost to post infectious illness. I’m very sad for the family of the man shot but equally sad for the young man who has been loosing his life for years.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Sign me up! Another round of chemo will probably make my #ME severe again for another seven years - just can’t even handle the thought of that - let alone breast cancer recurrence.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Zero opportunity despite asking.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Thanks for posting.
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Wikipedia: Today's Featured Article @handle.invalid · 25/11/2024
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disabling chronic illness. People with ME/CFS experience profound fatigue that does not go away with rest, sleep issues, and problems with memory or concentration. Further common symptoms include dizziness, nausea and pain. The hallma
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Myalgic_encephalomyelitis/chronic_fatigue_syndrome
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disabling chronic illness. People with ME/CFS experience profound fatigue that does not go away with rest, sleep issues, and problems with memory or concentration. Further common symptoms include dizziness, nausea and pain. The hallmark symptom is a worsening of the illness which starts hours to days after minor physical or mental activity. This "crash" can last from hours or days to several months.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Just feel so sad when I read these old papers that state the same issues and data points that we are still at now with #ME. Come on science/medical team - we can do better.How many more lives wasted, careers not had, hours spent suffering alone in bed? Where is our collective societal conscience?
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Really appreciate the factual historical documentation which puts in to context our current day experience of #ME in medicine.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Really appreciate the factual historical documentation which puts in to context our current day experience of #ME in medicine.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
They say the same thing about/to physicians with #ME - just saying. Had to diagnose myself and research where to get treatment. Constantly correcting well meaning “advice givers” who think I’m afraid to exert myself - would give anything to climbed mountains and run marathons again - or just walk.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
That’s a great set of slides. When I am seeing patients that have been diagnosed with chronic pain, depression or anxiety my antenna is up to look for #FM, #Longcovid or #ME that has not been diagnosed yet. The symptoms of fatigue and PEM often get whitewashed and brain fog is downplayed as stress.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
When I am covering for other doctors and diagnose a patient with #LongCovid, #ME and or #Fibromyalgia, I document the criteria they meet under CDC. In doing this I hope the practitioner coming after me will be curious about the condition and be forced to acknowledge the reality of the condition 2/2.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
This NAM criteria for #ME is different then the CDC criteria as it requires a “moderate to severe” level. Many are moderate to severe by the time they are diagnosed but it can and should be diagnosed earlier, especially when there are familial connections, to prevent decreased baseline early. 1/2
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Drawing was one of the first things I started to do when I started to recover from #severeME. I didn’t have a lot of words but I could make lines, shades, follow patterns, etc. Maybe this is a little movement in a healthy direction for her - crossing my fingers for her.
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drldyment.bsky.social @drldyment.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Thanks all for your responses. Yes, validation and pacing are my thoughts too for a first response. Hearing from a group is helpful when developing an approach to individuals coping with the effects of #ME and #LongCovid.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Advancing our knowledge base on Long Covid a new dedicated issue of ScienceTM with papers on sex-differences, kids, potential therapies, and more www.science.org/toc/stm/curr...
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