Reposted by Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them)
This is the disease for which I research and advocate: #MECFS. Even mild presentation is life-changing, and this is what severe looks like.
People are surprised so many of us were athletes. They want to believe this can only happen to people who were already unwell.
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Beth Dobbin: British Olympic sprinter in bed for 22 hours a day after ME diagnosis
Beth Dobbin ran for Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Five years on, she is largely bedbound after being diagnosed with ME, a devastating illness for which there is no cure.