{"id":8317,"date":"2016-05-16T05:43:26","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T05:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=8317"},"modified":"2016-05-16T05:59:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T05:59:25","slug":"me-awareness-blog-posts-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/me-awareness-blog-posts-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"ME Awareness blog posts 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laura’s pen<\/strong> blog\u00a0post, by Laura Chamberlain, 12 May 2016:\u00a0The M.E. Adventures comic: energy and exertion #MEawareness<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 [Introduction:\u00a0 Today is ME awareness day, and to make a change I thought I\u2019d make a comic. When I decided to do this I didn\u2019t quite realise just how long it would take and how many spoons, but hopefully it\u2019s worth it.]<\/p>\n

Sally just me<\/strong> blog post, by Sally Burch, 12 May 2016: #May12BlogBomb Link List for 2016<\/a> [a selection of awareness blogs from around the world]<\/p>\n

Slightly alive<\/strong> blog post, by Mary Schweitzer, 12 May 2016: ME is not a mysterious disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Raindrops of sapphire<\/strong> blog post, by Lorna Burford, 12 May 2016: From nothing to something<\/a>\u00a0[As it\u2019s ME awareness week right now, I wanted to touch base on… isolation.]<\/p>\n

ohsopleasant <\/strong>blog post,\u00a0by Rosie Fletcher, 12 May 2016: ME, alone <\/a>[M.E. really is a very lonely illness. It is all consuming to the person with it, tightening the boundaries on every aspect of their life in a way that is invisible to other people]<\/p>\n

jennyhelenmyspoonielife<\/strong> blog post\u00a012 May 2016: The power of stigma: a campaign for change<\/a><\/p>\n

the hill<\/strong> congress-blog post, by Maureen Hanson10 May 2016:\u00a0When the hoofbeats are zebras <\/a>[comment on the long road to getting an accurate diagnosis]<\/p>\n

Se\u00e1n \u00f3briain<\/strong>, 13 May 2016: It\u2019s not all in our head. The truth about ME\/CFS<\/a>\u00a0[Irish pwme says: We need a complete overhaul of the system and change how we treat patients.]
\nA Path Of Emotional Growth<\/p>\n

ProHealth<\/strong> blog post, 3 May, 2016, by\u00a0Clarissa Shepherd: A path of emotional growth<\/a> [May 12th is Awareness Day for ME\/CFS and Fibromyalgia. I dedicate this to each of you living a daily battle within yourself. In this, you’re not alone.]<\/p>\n

The establishment<\/strong> blog post, 13 May 2016, by Naomi Chainey: The Hidden Battle For The Rights Of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Sufferers<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 [In over 5000 peer-reviewed studies, researchers have identified physical abnormalities in the immune, cardiac, endocrine, and autonomic nervous systems of ME\/CFS patients. Though an underlying cause has yet to be identified, the debilitating physical symptoms cannot be denied.<\/p>\n

Despite this, the belief that ME\/CFS is a \u201clifestyle disease\u201d continues to influence public opinion, patient care, and availability of research funds on an international scale. Why?]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Laura’s pen blog\u00a0post, by Laura Chamberlain, 12 May 2016:\u00a0The M.E. Adventures comic: energy and exertion #MEawareness\u00a0\u00a0 [Introduction:\u00a0 Today is ME awareness day, and to make a change I thought I\u2019d make a comic. When I decided to do this I … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1998,138],"class_list":["post-8317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-blog","tag-me-awareness"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-2a9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8317"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8376,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317\/revisions\/8376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}