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WAMES & MWWMEG pool resources
On 1st January 2013 WAMES and the Mid & West Wales ME Group (MWWMEG) merged with WAMES. We already had a good working relationship with MWWMEG but we are excited about this opportunity to pool resources, learn from MWWMEG and … Continue reading
Carer Sylvia from WAMES & Text Santa appeal
Sylvia Penny from WAMES talks about what it is like being a full-time carer in ITV’s Text Santa appeal video. She is also interviewd on the Carers UK website. Support ITV’s text Santa appeal and help raise vital funds for … Continue reading
Dr Dowsett on ME relapses
To commemorate the life of Dr Betty Dowsett the Young ME Sufferers Trust has posted online an article by her about ME relapses. There’s No Smoke Without Fire! Some comments on the tendency to replase in ME She lists the … Continue reading
ME/CFS Primer for clinical practitioners
The International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME (IACFS/ME) has published a Primer for clinical practitioners. It is available as a PDF file and is free to download, though donations are invited. A 42 page spiral bound print booklet can be … Continue reading
Pioneer for ME, David Lewis 1939- 2012
Paediatrician David Lewis has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 73. As a consultant paediatrician at Bronglais hospital, Aberystwyth, he was one of very few doctors in Wales to take ME seriously in the 1980s and 1990s. His … Continue reading
Michelle Penny – Living with ME for the last 17 years
For the last 17 years, Michelle Penny has been crippled by chronic fatigue and pain, which has left her virtually bed-bound. She tells Rachel Mainwaring what it’s like living with ME at Wales online. Excerpts: “I relapsed in October and … Continue reading
Dr Betty Dowsett 1920-2012 ME champion
It is with deep regret that we announce the death of Dr Betty Dowsett on June 14 in a nursing home in Cambridge at the age of 91. In 2001, at the age of 80, and already retired for many … Continue reading
The proof El shaved her head for WAMES!
‘ME is debilitating, misunderstood, confusing and unpredictable’
Pippa Bennet describes her experience of ME on the We are Cardiff blog: 12th May is International ME awareness day. You know ME, it’s the lazy people’s disease? Well, it’s estimated that over 28 million people now suffer from it … Continue reading
Raise awareness with WAMES!
Join us in raising awareness of ME: Wear blue on the 12th (either a blue ribbon or blue clothes) and be ready to tell people why. Join our Awareness event on Facebook (FB) and invite others – tell us about … Continue reading
