Thank you for getting this letter written! I hope we can get a lot of signatures and that it has some impact.
I just want to add a little information in case it helps other people.
The deadline for your representative to sign the letter is Wednesday, March 14. The #MEAction page is more comprehensive and gives instructions for people who can also call their representative.
https://www.meaction.net/2018/03/07...ction-ask-your-rep-to-sign-letter-for-me-cfs/
I sent my letter from my representative’s website and modified it slightly in the body of the letter to add a little personal information, to thank him for signing last year and to thank him for the work he does. I also put 3/14 DEADLINE… in the subject line before asking him to sign the letter in the subject line.
If you use the SMCI form you can add the “
I appreciate your support in signing the letter last year, and ask that you show your support again for people with ME/CFS” line there too if your representative signed it last year.
Since this was another joint effort between SMCI and #MEAction, I’m not sure why they don’t link to each other’s pages so that pwME can read both pages before determining what they are going to do. I also wish that we had more notice on these things so that we aren’t so rushed as patients and so we can give our representative a little more notice too.