Introducing WAMES volunteers: social media volunteer
Hi! I’m Mia.
I am the volunteer in charge of the newly created WAMES Instagram account. I joined WAMES as a volunteer because I liked the idea of being able to help others that are in my situation, especially young people like me. Running the Instagram account allows me post about things I wish I would have been able to see when I had ME!
Before I developed ME, I was a Welsh national swimmer, just about to begin my first year of GCSEs. At the age of 14 though, I developed a chronic pain that lasted almost 3 months to the day before it stopped. After the pain had disappeared, I was left with chronic fatigue that prevented me from being able to attend school or continue swimming. I had to be home tutored and complete my GCSEs at home.
After 2 years of suffering with ME, I made a full recovery and 5 years on from my diagnosis, my life is back to normal (if it was ever normal to begin with!) I am on my way to university to study Biomedical Science and I have started swimming again.
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