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  1. NelliePledge

    Assessing Functional Capacity in [ME/CFS]: A Patient Informed Questionnaire [FUNCAP], 2024, Sommerfelt et al

    My score came out as 3.7 lower (ie less severe) end of moderate the areas that are most challenging are activity outside the house and inside the house 2.6/2.7 Least problematic the 3 where my score was “mild” personal hygiene 5.0, communication 4.6 and light/sound 4.3 I think it is a good...
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    Muscle abnormalities worsen after post-exertional malaise in long COVID, 2023/4, Wüst, van Vugt, Appelman et al

    In my opinion the discussion being on the forum means it is a lot easier to follow than anything on social media with multiple branches. You start at post 1 and skim through the thread. if the reader is a researcher who is not ill that shouldn’t be problematic.
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    Assessing Functional Capacity in [ME/CFS]: A Patient Informed Questionnaire [FUNCAP], 2024, Sommerfelt et al

    It says to answer based on an average day not best or worst . I think people understand that ok I don’t think maximal would make it clearer for PWME generally as it’s not commonly used
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    Impact of COVID-19 vaccination on symptoms and immune phenotypes in vaccine-naÏve individuals with Long COVID, 2024, Iwasaki et al

    Probably because a lot of PWME and clinicians don’t look much beyond fatigue as a description of what’s wrong when as we know it’s a whole bundle of things that are affected
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    Impact of COVID-19 vaccination on symptoms and immune phenotypes in vaccine-naÏve individuals with Long COVID, 2024, Iwasaki et al

    I didn’t really register what PEM really was until I started reading materials from ME Association which would have been towards the end of the first year after I got diagnosed. So this doesn’t surprise me.
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    Dr Ron Davis - Updates on ME/CFS research - September 2019 onwards

    This information from MS Trust in the UK suggests that the life expectancy for people with MS is around 10 years lower than average https://mstrust.org.uk/a-z/life-expectancy
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    Closed UK: DecodeME updates, was recruitment thread.

    Excellent articles @Andy @Chris Ponting :thumbup:
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    What can we learn from the Post Office scandal publicity (including TV)?

    I think the fact that numerous alternative narratives out there,that some people diagnosed with ME/CFS themselves buy into around “what helps” (ranging from GET/CBT, various protocols, brain retraining as pushed by sellers of different workshops etc) certainly muddies the water in terms of...
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    What can we learn from the Post Office scandal publicity (including TV)?

    Similar scenario with the Hillsborough football disaster, dragged on for many years and ultimately a tv drama broke through with the public. But the deaths all happened in front of TV cameras and despite all the stonewalling the harm could not be hidden away. I don’t have any expertise in...
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    News from the USA, United States of America

    Do you have a link to the article for those of us not on X
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    Nature news feature: Long COVID is a double curse in low-income nations — here’s why

    There are multiple elements An individuals own financial resources family financial resources and relationship or lack of one with family Whether there is any effective social or health safety net where you live, If there is any provision do you have access to it
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    Opinion Chronic fatigue syndromes: real illnesses that people can recover from, 2023, The Oslo Chronic Fatigue Consortium

    They modestly describe themselves as dedicated which would appear to be how they perceive their pursuit of their huge vested interest
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    New Alcohol Sensitivity in Patients With Post-acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 PASC: A Case Series, 2023, Eastin, Bonila et al.

    Definitely didn’t notice intolerance when mild/undiagnosed. I could drink a bottle of wine in an evening at weekends, which is loads compared to my very occasional glass or two about 1/2 a dozen times a year but not much compared to a lot of people’s intake on a night out. I just stopped...
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    Post-Exertional Malaise - a discussion including defining and measuring PEM

    Good summary @Andy Final bullet last sentence how about As will if their circumstances allow them the possibility of pacing activity.
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