I’ve suffered from ME (also known as CFS) since I was 15, after the disease was triggered by a winter virus I caught at school. I was never able to go back to school, but I was lucky enough to be able to live a paired down, quiet life until a vaccine reaction in 2022 made me much, much worse. I am now housebound and have been for the past four years. Every day is a challenge. And there is no hope for treatment to change things as the disease is desperately underfunded.

I can’t have a party, or do anything special like take a trip etc. So, for my 40th birthday this year, I am asking for donations to ME Research UK to help support the small groups of scientists who are working to understand this devastating disease.

Thank you!

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"....doctors do not treat us and science does not study us. How could a disease this common and this devastating have been forgotten by medicine?" Jennifer Brea

Only biomedical research can find the causes of ME/CFS, improve diagnosis and treatment, and, ultimately, arrive at a cure. That’s why research is our focus.

We've awarded 64 full grants and 5 PhD-level awards since 2000 and invested over £3.5million. But research is expensive and becoming more so every day. That’s the challenge we face, and that’s why we need your help.