Thread by @MEActNet

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@IamMADELINEpod recently had an op-ed published in @ipoliticsca. In it Madeline shares, "I am dying, and my death is completely preventable."

https://twitter.com/IamMADELINEpod/status/1460346079577141249

Madeline is a person with severe ME who is telling her story including how British Columbia will no longer cover the oral & intravenous medications keeping her alive.
Madeline ends her op-ed with an ask for the public. "Now, I’m asking for your help. I’m asking you to speak up."

"Write a letter, make a phone call, tweet something at the government in play where you live. If you, my fellow Canadian citizens, don’t insist on improvement so that people like me at least have a chance at a decent quality of life, I don’t see how this can possibly change."

.@IamMADELINEpod also has a podcast where - in a voice brimming with joy, sorrow, pain and anger - she talks about living with severe ME and mitochondrial disease, and losing access to life-preserving treatments. Listen here: iammadeline.com.

These conversations are important but can be difficult, please see a list of crisis resources and reach out if needed: meaction.net/2018/12/20/nee…