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Lost Years

ladycatlover

Senior Member
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Liverpool, UK
I've taken part in an art project to try show how many years individuals have lost from their lives due to ME/CFS.


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More information on the project on the facebook page. Please take a look.
 

ladycatlover

Senior Member
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Location
Liverpool, UK
I've lost 6 and it feels like a lot. It's sad to see how high these numbers are :(

Sorry you've lost 6 years so far. :cry: :hug: Given recent research you may well have a chance of recovery. :)

This project was started by a dear internet friend, including a number of other internet friends, and then friends of friends, so this is in no way a scientific measure of how long folks are ill. I guess it's more a measure of how people make friends :) and find comfort from them over the web. And so will tend to be bigger numbers... :eek:

Also the small numbers will never make it to something like this as for most people it takes so long to get a diagnosis. :mad: