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Hello. I'm not a doctor.
Jan 3 20 tweets 3 min read
You can see I'm having a clear out. I've accepted that in #MEcfs medicine and activism are immovable objects that people who want to recover have to sidestep.

Medicine teaches patients to stand up against bullying.

Activism teaches patients to resist becoming dependent. My problem is that #MEcfs patients themselves are an immovable object. One that I could simply sidestep to complete my own recovery journey.

Here is what @jenbrea a founder of @MEActnNET told me...

"But it makes her sick. Not the NIH. Not the CDC. Not Coyne. Other patients."
Nov 13, 2022 33 tweets 65 min read
@usabilityliz @PaulGarnerWoof @ManvBrain @NYMag Looking back over my illness, time & again, my progress towards recovery has relied on me standing up for myself.

British medicine removed my food and shelter. That was the treatment for M.E.

I feel @davidtuller1 left me to suffer abuse for years. And this sums up M.E activism. @usabilityliz @PaulGarnerWoof @ManvBrain @NYMag @davidtuller1 I cannot report suicidal thoughts to the British M.E Association.

I cannot report threats, and years and years of abuse.