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  1. NelliePledge

    Dr Karl Morten - UK researcher based at Oxford University

    minimal information really we don’t know the full agenda - the topics & speakers to be able to ask focussed questions also not much notice for people with ME maybe it’s more just an informal round table meeting than a conference but the public facing side seems a bit of an afterthought
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    Dr Karl Morten - UK researcher based at Oxford University

    This refers to a conference “Fatigue 22” Anyone seen information about it?
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    Long Covid in the media and social media 2022

    And it’s also worth noting for example that the charity FNDHope is in fact a US charity https://fndhope.org/contact/ this is international issue, not just UK.
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    Walking stick or rollator?

    I use a folding stick. Helps with balance which gets worse the longer I’m out.
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    UK Parliament: ME/CFS Announcements: Statement by Health Secretary Sajid Javid, 12 May 2022

    Hi All The moderators recognise that the involvement of Sajid Javid does mean there is some relevance to ME politics in the current Conservative leadership and Cabinet situation. However we ask that members don’t discuss and speculate about the current situation further as it inevitably leads...
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    UK Parliament: ME/CFS Announcements: Statement by Health Secretary Sajid Javid, 12 May 2022

    https://appgme.co.uk/who-we-are/#members From the APPGME website t is a good cross party group of influential people so I think Carol Monaghan and others have done a good job. Sharon Hodgson spoke for Labour in the Westminster Hall debate and I believe the Commons debate, she was shadow...
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    UK Parliament: ME/CFS Announcements: Statement by Health Secretary Sajid Javid, 12 May 2022

    Agreed. But there’s also guidelines implementation……
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    ME/CFS services in the United Kingdom

    As @Suffolkres has highlighted through posts about Suffolk. NHS structure changes are coming in replaced CCGs. Here’s some info about Integrated Care Boards which are now in place from 1/7/2022 https://www.england.nhs.uk/integratedcare/integrated-care-in-your-area/
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    Why Should ACT Work When CBT Has Failed? a Study Assessing Acceptability and Feasibility of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), 2022, Crawley

    Here it is your favourite topic https://www.s4me.info/threads/cbt-repackaged-or-a-novel-treatment-the-lightning-process-compared-with-uk-specialist-medical-care-for-paediatric-cfs-2021-anderson-et-al.21335/
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    Why Should ACT Work When CBT Has Failed? a Study Assessing Acceptability and Feasibility of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), 2022, Crawley

    CBT has failed- from one of the horse’s mouths. Sharpe and Chalder will be crossing her off their Christmas card list.
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    Long Covid in the media and social media 2022

    Yet more embarrassingly outdated thinking
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    Open Pilot Study: A Novel Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

    Good grief. Even when I was first diagnosed or undiagnosed I wouldn’t have managed that. I was working 4 days a week when undiagnosed.
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    News From Jarred Younger / Neuroinflammation, Pain, and Fatigue Laboratory at UAB, From Aug 2020

    for those of us who haven’t managed to watch the video what do the columns represent?
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    Hypnotic suggestibility in dissociative and related disorders: A meta-analysis, 2022, Wieder et al

    I’ve done hypnotherapy in the past with a few different people. it’s pretty much like a guided meditation with a bit of counselling thrown in. I found that it did make me go to a deep relaxation verging on sleep which felt pretty good during the session and afterwards. The suggestion side of...
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    Feeling like I'm starving, or continuing to feel hungry despite a full stomach

    I’ve met a fair few overweight people with ME online especially the ones in 40s/50s. There are people at both ends of the spectrum of weight as in the general population. Possibly indicating sub groups of ME? But we don’t know enough about the course of ME and progression, severity...
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    News from Doctors with ME

    Many people from specialist professions struggle with this to be fair.
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