M.E. changed his mum from “being called Tigger because she was always so full of life” to someone who now has to count every ounce of energy used in case it runs out and leaves her floored for days.
Tag: Wheelchair
ME Awareness: The Lost Years: Missionary forced to give up vocation to do battle with ME | 18 May 2020
“I guess my Christian faith sustains me even though a lot of the time I feel like I’m just holding on with my fingertips.”
ME Awareness: “ME is a cruel illness and whether we have it mild or severe, we all still suffer,” by Naomi Gilchrist | 15 May 2020
“I’ve tried so many different methods to manage my symptoms. Medication helps to a degree alongside self-management techniques.”
ME Awareness: The Lost Years and Rediscovery by Kate Stanforth | 12 May 2020
“I’d like to say once I got the diagnosis, things got easier, but they didn’t. I ended up bedbound then ultimately paralysed in some of the darkest days I’ve experienced.”
ME Awareness: The Lost Years by Wendy Coxhill | 11 May 2020
“The first big challenge was when I became wheelchair-bound 3 years ago. The next loss was when I could no longer read or watch a film.”
ME Awareness: Dee’s Journey – From seizure, to brain surgery, to ME by Michael Govier | 11 May 2020
“It is incredible how strong she has been. I don’t think I would have coped with what Dee has experienced. She is my inspiration to keep on going and to support her on this journey.”
ME Awareness Press Release: Brits with devastating illness speak out about years lost in lockdown | 01 May 2020
For ME Awareness, the ME Association will be featuring stories from people with M.E. every day throughout May.
ME sufferer was told by doctors condition was ‘in her head’ | 06 January 2020
A woman left bedbound with an incurable illness revealed her fight simply to be believed.