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I hope you're not using this forum as recruiting ground for your faith. Faith ought to be a personal matter. Private. When you say 'God chooses His time for each of us' you are speaking for other people. I am one of those people. But I do not have a faith. So you cannot speak for me. It is not logical. I listen. I'm not hearing anything. If you want to help people, fine. If people come to you and ask you about your faith, then great, share your faith. But leave it at that eh? Let us atheists be.

Hey, i was just told that it is very high that i have ME.
i'm 14 and i don't know how to react. I don't think i will be able to tell anyone outside family because i spoke to someone about and they told of the high death rates in ME.
i couldnt belive it, please tell me its not true! its probably just me being irrational but i think i just need someone to tell me it will be alright for a change...

You can't die from ME! Whoever told you that is getting it mixed up with something else.

This video is quite dangerous. It implies that life with ME/CFS is completely hopeless. That simply is not true. I have CFS, and for a long time I felt like the life had been knocked out of me. There have been some v. dark days. But I AM getting better. It's slow, there are setbacks, and it ain't easy. But I have some great moments too; I celebrate those. And I still love my life - it is a gift. The one thing recovery relies on is hope. Have hope, and please believe me - people do improve.

With respect Kim. At least 1 in 4 people, are bed ridden/housebound.

There is no funding for bio-medical research in the UK, and the disease is called 'disgusting' by the very man who owns the funding into the disease!

If one has been ill for 5, 10, 15, 30 years and lives in terrible pain, with heart problems and inability to even get out your front door then 'CFS' becomes a life sentence, and thus it IS completely hopeless.

92-98% of people with ME never return to former health levels.

92-98% of people with ME never return to former health levels - just the sort of psychological boost i needed.
I've had ME for about 6 years now, but only got diagnosed with it about a year ago as i assumed i was just unfit and unwell til i couldnt take no more. Its hard, it's annoying at the best of times, but I WILL make it, regardless of what you or anyone else says.

thank you so much for good words... =))

Hey! Im the same age and have M.E too. If your from the UK and looking for support, AYME are a brilliant charity for sufferers under 25 with heaps of info and messege boards. Google it or give me a messege ;) x