Ellis van Drent

Ellis's The BIG Sleep for ME 2014 page

Fundraising for IiME
€60
raised of €100 target
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Event: The BIG Sleep for ME 2014, from 11 May 2014 to 17 May 2014
IiME

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We fund biomedical research into ME to create a strategy for cure/treatment

Story

After 10 years of misdiagnoses, mistreatments, harmful therapies and (to this day) not being able to get the help that is needed to keep me from getting even more sick, the word needs to spread about M.E.  It's a dibilitating, incapacitating illness. And it is not in our heads. We would give anything and everything to not have to go out in a wheelchair or be dependant on others to care for us or our kids. For that reason most of us have made ourselves worse, much worse. Listening to doctors and therapists who 'knew' what we needed. Sadly they don't because they don't recognize it or/and think it's between our ears.

M.E. has taken over my life, my body, my family, my relationships but it will never get my spirit. Although there are moments of utter sadness for the losses I have suffered, I will not let it break my soul. 

Losing the control over my life, my body and saying goodbye to whatever I may have wanted to do with it, is far more difficult than dealing with my incapable body. Luckily I'm an optimist and I have a lot to be thankful for and enjoy. Like having a chat with my daughter, painting my nails and petting my cats.

We need to inform as many people as we can to make sure there is an M.E. patient in the future who will be diagnosed before they are bedbound for years to come. And maybe even have a treatment! 

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IiME

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RCN 1153730
Invest in ME Research has, as its objective, to change how myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is perceived, treated and researched. We do this by raising funding for biomedical research and improving education about the disease. We are currently facilittaing high-quality biomedical research in UK/Europe

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