ahimsa_pdx,
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It's May! That means it's ME Awareness month, with World ME Day on May 12th!

I'm going to try to post about ME Awareness events over the next few weeks.

This year has a campaign called "Teach ME, Treat ME" which will

"… educate hospital systems and medical schools about ME/CFS by encouraging medical schools to Teach ME, and major hospitals to Treat ME"

Here's the event schedule:

https://meaction.controlshift.app/calendars/millionsmissing-2024

@mecfs

glasspusher,
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@ahimsa_pdx @mecfs

To those who are clueless, like I was until a minute ago, ME/CFS stands for myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome

https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/index.html

ahimsa_pdx,
@ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social avatar

@glasspusher

Thanks! I actually put that acronym in my Mastodon profile so that people could find it.

Sorry that I often forget to spell out ME/CFS in my posts.

ahimsa_pdx,
@ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social avatar

There's an overview of #MEAction's "Teach ME, Treat ME" campaign here:

https://millionsmissing.meaction.net/mm24/

I'm not sure anyone is in the phase of planning new events at this point, but this page does have good information, including a link to the "Show Up From Home" toolkit.

I've attached an image with an overview - list of activities according to energy required - but please go to the actual file for more details! 😁

(edited for typos)

@mecfs

ahimsa_pdx,
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I realized that I should add the "What is ME?" page from the #MEAction website (the link is found on their website's home page) to this thread:

https://www.meaction.net/learn/what-is-me/

@mecfs

#MEcfs #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis

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