This Comic Nails the Difference Between Chronic Fatigue and Just Being 'Tired'
In honor of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic fatigue syndrome awareness day on May 12, I thought I’d make a comic. When I decided to do this I didn’t quite realize just how long it would take and how many spoons, but hopefully it’s worth it.
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Introducing Maddie, a girl with ME, who in this episode, “Energy and Exertion,” is meeting her friend, “Normal” Nancy, for coffee.
This blog was originally published on Laura’s Pen.
Laura is a former journalist who had to give up her career when she became chronically ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis. She writes from her home in South London, where she lives with her partner, and spends most of her time. She also suffers from Lyme disease, Endometriosis and fibromyalgia and blogs about her experience with chronic illness on www.laurachamberlain.co.uk.
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