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Response to this on the bird site:
"The head psych I had to see at my local hospital for CBT & GET had never ever read any scientific papers about ME outside the field of psychology. I found this out as I was asking how his statements fitted with the science I had read. GET ended up disabling me permanently (contd.)"
"They didn’t understand PEM. I was told if I didn’t try GET it meant I didn’t really want to get better. I was told it was impossible for exercise to harm. They told me how GET helped patients much sicker than me with MS, stroke & Parkinsons. If they could do it, why couldn’t you."
ME/CFS explained for carers.
«ME/CFS is a complex and disabling disease that affects many systems of the body. These include, but are not limited to, the brain, muscles, digestive, immune and cardiac systems.» «It is not something that they did wrong or a psychological illness.» https://www.emerge.org.au/me-cfs-explained-for-carers/
“(Contd) And for years I also found it hard to accept and understand her illness. I wanted her to try exercise programmes (then recommended as a treatment) and wondered what trauma had caused her condition. For too long I believed the medical orthodoxy, and that strained our family bond.“
As the #AmericaFirst movement of #WWII once again rears its head and gears up for the next elections, it is much better prepared than in 2016 and the #Midterms of 2022.
A racist utterance of a #US military 🪖 leader made me remember a thread I had published on the Birdsite in Sept. 2022.
It focused on the strategic use of #veterans by the #MAGA movement.
As it will happen again, I am republishing...
"...in U.S. history, $1.6 billion, has been made to #LeonardLeo, co-chair of the #FederalistSociety and one of the #CNP’s [Center for National Policy] most prominent members.
Leo is a Catholic. The donor, a secretive #Chicago businessman named Barre #Seid, is Jewish.
👉The multi-ethnic make-up of the veterans running for Congress in November,as well their...
Some participants may be recontacted over the next week, as we are now inviting more to donate DNA – read more about this update in our blog post here:
To Understand the Upcoming Republican Primary, Follow the Dark Money
Chris Jankowski, CEO of the pro-#DeSantis group Never Back Down, documented as the “settlor” — effectively, the creator — of the #Marble#Freedom#Trust, a massive pool of cash #Leonard#Leo is using to finance conservative advocacy groups.
In 2021, the trust received $1.6 #billion from the sale of Chicago businessman #Barre#Seid’s surge-protector empire, constituting the largest known #dark#money donation in history and leaving Leo in control of an unprecedented political advocacy fund.
The role Jankowski played in developing the Marble Freedom Trust has not previously been reported, though he has for years served as a consultant for Leo’s dark money #network, which played a central role in flipping control of the #Supreme#Court and building its 6–3 conservative supermajority.
No #sewing for me today; makes me sad. I have to travel two hours for a one hour physiotherapy appointment, then two hours back home. When I get back, I’ll be sore, exhausted and will need to take a long nap to recover before dinner. @sewing#SEID
New US research:
"Suppressed immune and metabolic responses to intestinal damage-associated microbial translocation in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome"