Doesn't 2023 feel wholly different with respect to covid? While the country was obsessed with this virus for almost 3 years, especially that first year with lockdowns and 24/7 news coverage, etc, 2023 just has a very different feel. On some days I even forget about it. Offices are calling us...
https://openletteropenmedicinefoundation.com/an-open-letter-to-the-open-medicine-foundation-by-kaylin-jones/
Another person asking the OMF to look into mold or environmental toxins in ME/CFS. So far they haven't responded. But lets keep trying.
If anyone else has experienced environmental...
What outlets besides our own blogs can we publish art specific for ME/CFS peolle or people with chronic illness? Omf rejected a poem I wrote for supposedly being too dark, it made me very sad and made me think I cant really connect with people in the me/cfs community. Bc this particular poem...
https://openletteropenmedicinefoundation.com/concrete-demands-for-the-open-medicine-foundation-and-other-me-cfs-researchers/
This website has much info, but this specific part with very specific demands about what kinds of research I would like to see done, I think may be the most important...
Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association and Open Medicine Foundation Fall 2020 Event on Zoom October 24, 2020
Video 2: Presentation by Ron Tompkins and Q&A
Video 3: Presentation by David Systrom
Video 4: Presentation by Donna Felsenstein
Video 5: Panel Discussion...
I still think the metabolic trap theory has some merit. Robert Phair looked into genetic problems and his current theory is that tryptophan metabolism gets overloaded and we don't have the ability to process it and so we get stuck in a trap.
The enzyme which can process it is IDO1, as we lack...