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Summary of Recent Significant Findings in Research of ME/CFS

SDSue

Southeast
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Good 6 page summary here - could be used as a handout for those less-than-informed doctors. ;) While it's not all-inclusive, it does hit the high points in each category of research. (I don't know how to copy and paste a chart, so this is a picture)

ETA: I found the source. Paul Watson, aka @thegodofpleasure on Twitter. Thanks Paul!

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SOC

Senior Member
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Great find @SDSue! I will print out this 6 pages and carry them with me to my approaching appointments with the local hematologist/oncologist and PCP. I now have slightly less trepidation going in, and a lot more confidence that I can effectively argue against their prejudices.
 

SDSue

Southeast
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Great find @SDSue! I will print out this 6 pages and carry them with me to my approaching appointments with the local hematologist/oncologist and PCP. I now have slightly less trepidation going in, and a lot more confidence that I can effectively argue against their prejudices.
I’ll be sending it to a certain neurologist I once knew lol.
 

Mary

Moderator Resource
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Location
Southern California
Great information @SDSue! what sort of site is app.box.com which compiled all this information? I went to app.box.com but it wanted me to log in - it looks sort of mysterious! :)
 

SDSue

Southeast
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Great information @SDSue! what sort of site is app.box.com which compiled all this information? I went to app.box.com but it wanted me to log in - it looks sort of mysterious! :)
That’s a great question! I have no idea about app.box.com. I ran across it on Twitter today. Were you able to link to the spreadsheet?

I dug around and found the source, Paul Watson, which I added to my original post.
 

taniaaust1

Senior Member
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Location
Sth Australia
Thanks to Paul (thegodofpleasure) for putting this together. Much appreciated. If my computer manages to download it, I too will be using it to give to my doctors. (I really hope you don't mind that people are copying this for their doctors).
 

msf

Senior Member
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Wow, I hadn't seen that Blomberg paper before - 25% with signs of Cpn infection! You'd think someone like Lipkin would have noted this and tried to follow up on it.