Canary in a Coal Mine- Raising awareness for myalgic encephalomyelitis

Everyday on PatientsLikeMe, people just like you are sharing their experiences, contributing to real-time research and raising awareness, together. Jen is part of your patient community and is living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), sometimes called chronic fatigue syndrome. She’s working on a new project called Canary in a Coal Mine to help shed light on this largely misunderstood condition.

“Three years ago I became devastatingly ill. Now, there is not a single waking moment when I don’t feel sick. When faced with what seemed like an insurmountable obstacle, I felt the only choice I had was to transform suffering into grace. I believe that by telling these stories, by showing the world what it really feels like to live life with ME, we can change forever the way the world sees this illness. And, by showing the true face of ME, maybe we can put an end to the many injustices that ignorance creates.” –Jen

 

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