It’s a question everyone battling chronic illness has asked: What would I do if I were well tomorrow?
The Chronic Market asked the ME/CFS community that question, and received moving responses from over 30 patients in 13 countries that reflected our common hardships, hopes and humanity. Some long to walk again, others dream of becoming a parent. Former athletes like me who yearn to run and artists who yearn to create. Others who just want to see their friends and family again, or feel the sun on their faces. ME/CFS forces many its sufferers into extreme physical isolation, but the common threads in these responses remind us that we are not alone.
Please take a moment to view the resulting video and share it with your networks for May 12, ME/CFS Awareness Day, with your own story, either as a patient, a caregiver, or a loved one. Spreading awareness matters: ME/CFS is the most poorly funded disease in the world given its prevalence and severity, and public awareness is one way to start to turn the political tide!