Article: Former weightlifter tells how illness left her unable to get out of bed Jan 2020

Sly Saint · Jan 11, 2020

A former weightlifter has told how an illness left her unable to get out of bed.

Gemma Allen, from Earby, spends most of her day lying in darkness after being struck down with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).

The long-term illness have many symptoms and some sufferers are unable even to watch TV or listen to music.

The 35-year-old used to be a weightlifter, but now struggles to walk a few steps unassisted as a result of the illness.

She said: "Rewind five years ago, I was a weightlifter, I trained six times a day for at least an hour a day. Fast forward now, I can barely walk six steps unaided at times.

"My life has completely changed, I try to explain how it feels, it’s like a past life really. Or a really vivid dream, you know at one time you could run, walk around shopping centres, take my son to the park but now, I’m house bound."
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Kalliope · Jan 11, 2020

There was another article about her in December as well:

https://www.s4me.info/threads/lancashire-telegraph-realities-of-living-with-me-this-christmas.13018/

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