#severemeweek

On #SevereMEday (August 8), I remember my friend Ruth Nolan from Glasnevin in Dublin (Ireland) who has spent around 25 years bedbound with ME since falling ill as a teenager. She had been advised to exercise which appears to have contributed to the severity of her illness.

For a number of years, she worked as a volunteer from her bed with the Irish ME/CFS Association providing valuable work and insight. Unfortunately then in around 2008 she needed dental work done and setbacks from it and follow-up treatment meant her life was reduced to a terrible existence only able for brief conversations with her family. I have only received a few text messages from her since. Her life is really hard.

On #SevereMEday (August 8), I remember my friend Ruth Nolan from Glasnevin in Dublin (Ireland) who has spent around 25 years bedbound with ME since falling ill as a teenager. She had been advised to exercise which appears to have contributed to the severity of her illness.

For a number of years, she worked as a volunteer from her bed with the Irish ME/CFS Association providing valuable work and insight. Unfortunately then in around 2008 she needed dental work done and setbacks from it and follow-up treatment meant her life was reduced to a terrible existence only able for brief conversations with her family. I have only received a few text messages from her since. Her life is really hard.