Authors suffering from CFS/ME

[justy]

Nasim Marie Jafry - 'The State Of ME' which is a loosely autobiographical novel.

She was nominated for the Scottish Asian Womans award this year, but had to pull out from the interview process due to ill health.

More here:
http://velo-gubbed-legs.blogspot.co.uk/

 

[CFS_for_19_years]

ProHealth just came out with a list of celebrities with ME/CFS:
http://www.prohealth.com/ME-CFS/library/showArticle.cfm?libid=19057&B1=EM071614C

The author of the article, Erica Verrillo, is herself an author.
Here are the celebrities:

Laura Hillenbrand, Author
Keith Jarrett, Musician
Michelle Akers, Athlete
Blake Edwards, Film Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Randy Newman, Composer/Singer/Pianist
Mama Chill, Rap Artist
Cher, Actress/Singer
John Rutter, Composer
Michael Crawford, Actor/Singer
Leigh Hatcher, Journalist/Author

I realize some of these people have already been named; the article has more in-depth information on each celebrity if you want to read more about them.

 

[Jheldt]

Does writing articles count? I plan on writing an ebook/book in the future but just write articles now?

 

[Dr.Patient]

Does writing articles count? I plan on writing an ebook/book in the future but just write articles now?

No, just books now...sorry...

 

[Soundthealarm21]

"Cher was diagnosed with Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in 1991. ME/CFS is a severe illness that can lead to symptoms that affect the brain and gastrointestinal, immune, and cardiac systems."

I was just reading on some celebrity (tabloid BS) website about people with chronic illnesses. I found this description of ME/CFS with Cher very interesting. They call it ME, they call it severe, and they say it is a multiple systems illness. This just from some crummy celebrity paparazzi website.

Does this show an evolution of perception over the years?

 

[Tally Pendragon]

Hi Dr Patient,
I've been diagnosed with ME/CFS for over 12 years, and have only been well enough to start writing novels again seriously within the past 2 years, although I've been able to manage a little research here and there along the way.

 

[Hope123]

Dorothy Wall: http://www.dorothywall.com/books.html

Leonard Jason: researcher of ME/CFS but also known in other fields: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/principles-of-social-change-9780199841851?cc=us&lang=en&

Maria Mann: Verity Red's Diary

Julie Rehmeyer: She wrote an article about ME/CFS but she's also a science writer for Wired/ Discover, etc.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...fff312-d458-11e3-8a78-8fe50322a72c_story.html

If you define author to mean people who have published, several people who've published in medical journals are personally affected.

 

[worldbackwards]

I've been trying to remember this one for weeks - Shirley Conran:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5408868.stm