Did anyone catch the Ellen Degeneres Show today? She is a wonderful person who helps so many and makes them laugh, something that can be a bright spot in the day of someone suffering from a debilitating disease like ME. However, there was a brief, unintended sour note in her opening monologue today, when she was joking about various awareness days and unfortunately included May 12th International Awareness Day for ME/CFS, FM and MCS. Of course, it would be funny if there was a day set aside to recognize everyday tiredness. As we all know, May 12th is not recognized for anything as trivial.
On a website about talk show recaps, it said Ellen also found out that this is the 20th anniversary of May being declared National Salad Month. Mark your calendars, because also this month are holidays such as Fatigue Day (May 12) and National Teachers Day (May 8). There truly is a holiday for everything. (Source: http://www.recapo.com/ellen-degeneres-show/ellen-jokes/ellen-cinco-de-mayo-national-salad-month-the-avengers-trailer/.)
I think it might be a good opportunity for us to inform her show of the facts about ME and how its jokes like this that keep the disease from being recognized for what it is and from being researched properly.
The History of May 12th Awareness Day is described here: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=381277917239
On a website about talk show recaps, it said Ellen also found out that this is the 20th anniversary of May being declared National Salad Month. Mark your calendars, because also this month are holidays such as Fatigue Day (May 12) and National Teachers Day (May 8). There truly is a holiday for everything. (Source: http://www.recapo.com/ellen-degeneres-show/ellen-jokes/ellen-cinco-de-mayo-national-salad-month-the-avengers-trailer/.)
I think it might be a good opportunity for us to inform her show of the facts about ME and how its jokes like this that keep the disease from being recognized for what it is and from being researched properly.
The History of May 12th Awareness Day is described here: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=381277917239