Take the "Twenty Years Ago Today" survey

[Cort]

Check out our "20 Years Ago Today" survey celebrating the 20th Anniversary of International Awareness day. A wide-ranging (would you take Rituximab if you could get it for free?), sometimes quirky, (what was the most you ever spent on ME/CFS?), sometimes wishful (if you had $100 million dollars to spend on ME/CFS how would you do it?) look at ME/CFS, among other things, we ask where you were 20 years ago, where you are today and where you think you'll be in the future.

Check out the "20 Years Ago Today Survey Here"....

 

[Sushi]

Interesting Cort! Can your answers be seen by others--in other words is their a visible link between you and your answers?

Sushi

 

[Cort]

I don't think so - at the end we'll push a button and get the results - that's about all I know at this point

 

[Sasha]

That was fun and interesting to do - thanks, Cort!

When/how can we see the results?

 

[Cort]

I'll probably keep it up there for a week or so and then post the results in a blog...

 

[Esther12]

For quite a few of the questions I wanted an 'I've got no idea' option.

For 'most negative event', I'd have put the poor Wessely/Chalder study that showed no association between viral infection and chronic fatigue, or the promotion of the notion that CFS was a result of unacknowledged depression (Wessely/Chlader again).

I'd have thought that for a lot of those questions 200 patients would give 200 different answers.

 

[Cort]

Thanks for the idea.

We'll see how it turns out....it should be interesting

 

[SickOfSickness]

There is one question where it says pick the top 2, but it only lets you pick 1.

 

[Cort]

Darn - I think I know which one that is ...I'll check it out. Thanks

 

[Cort]

I think I know what the problem was; the question was formatted correctly but when I was creating it I accidentally checked one of the boxes - so there was only one answer left. I fixed it and I think its OK now..

 

[taniaaust1]

Interesting little survey

I like the multiple choice part in which asks what doctor you'd see if you had all that money. (one can only wish but its a very nice thought).

 

[Cort]

Thanks - glad you were able to get back into the Forums

 

[Snow Leopard]

Some interesting questions.

The survey missed De Meirleir's classic book 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Biological Approach' though.

That was a big one for me to finally accept my CFS diagnosis and to see what scientists were doing.

 

[Kati]

Dear Cort, your survey missed an answer- I forgot which question it was but I am already on RItuximab ;-)

 

[beaker]

There were a few questions that I wished had an "other" options, that did not.
I am thinking in particular of the books --- Greg Charles Fisher's "Waiting to LIve", *possibly* the first book published by a patient back in the 80s.

 

[ukxmrv]

For books it was the " milehigh staircase " in the early 80's. We need a 30 year survey for that though.

 

[Cort]

Some interesting questions.

The survey missed De Meirleir's classic book 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Biological Approach' though.

That was a big one for me to finally accept my CFS diagnosis and to see what scientists were doing.

Yes, A very important book for me....it helped prompt me to start the website...I wondered how many people read it given how technical it is...

 

[Cort]

For books it was the " milehigh staircase " in the early 80's. We need a 30 year survey for that though.

Reaching way ukxmrv - never heard of it...It must have been one of the first...

 

[Cort]

There were a few questions that I wished had an "other" options, that did not.
I am thinking in particular of the books --- Greg Charles Fisher's "Waiting to LIve", *possibly* the first book published by a patient back in the 80s.

I'll put an other option in there now...thanks - another book I hadn't heard of....When we tabulate the results I'll mention this book and the milehigh one as well.

 

[SpecialK82]

Great survey Cort, and even fun to take. Really good questions - especially liked "knowing what you know now, what would you do or not do". Looking forward to reading everyone's answers