Severe ME patient currently on a 10% battery, the gas goes out more than I do. I also compile ME/CFS Awareness videos.
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ALT Images of Beth Dobbin and Andy Burnham with a graphic of an email going from Beth to Andy. Under Beth is her quote "I believe you need to fund research into this spiralling illness and help us all get our lives back." and also there is a small chart showing UK Govt Reearch funding 2019-2024. ME - £6.6m, Parkinsons, £79.1m and Dementia £496.4m. The text says "Beth Dobbin has written to Andy Burnham asking for increasing funding for ME research. You can help! Support Beth's call for ME funding by writing to your MP. Template letter available!"
ALT Screenshot of a BBC Sport article headlined “Olympian Dobbin writes to Prime Minister over ME funding.” The article features a video interview with British Olympic sprinter Beth Dobbin, who developed severe ME following Covid-19 and glandular fever infections. The video thumbnail shows Beth seated indoors, wearing a pale blue sweatshirt. A caption beneath the video quotes Beth: “It feels like you're days away from death.”
ALT Image of an open letter from Olympic sprinter Beth Dobbin OLY to Prime Minister Andy Burnham, calling for urgent action on severe ME. Beth describes going from training five hours a day for the Tokyo Olympics to being bedbound for 22 hours a day following Covid-19 and glandular fever infections. She highlights decades of medical neglect, psychologisation, inadequate biomedical research funding and the absence of specialist NHS provision for severe ME patients. She also argues that investing in biomedical research could reduce long-term disability and welfare costs, and urges the government to fund research into ME so patients have a chance to regain their health. The letter closes: “From a fellow Northerner, Beth Dobbin OLY.”