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You're not alone, I feel the same about the current situation in Sweden :( 253 people infected so far, and the numbers are quickly rising. Lots and lots of Swedish people went to Italy, Germany and Austria etc during the schools' so called "sports break" the last few weeks, and they have...

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Kränkt hos tandläkaren – nu får ME-sjuk kvinna ersättning https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=98&artikel=7417148

I love Sleepsoft by Alpine :) They are reusable, very soft, very easy to use and clean, very effective and super comfortable. Their other model Worksafe is equally excellent, depending on what kind of noise your are looking to block out. However, they are silicon-free and do not have...

In Stockholm, Sweden, a taxi driver for Färdtjänst (the "mobility service"?) went to work despite being sick, drove customers around all day, and it has now been confirmed he has the corona virus :( https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/coronasmittad-chauffor-jobbade-nar-han-var-sjuk/ What's the...

This isn't specifically about ME, but still relevant. An opinion piece about the privatisation of healthcare in Sweden, written by senior professors at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet. (Sven Britton is a member of the Swedish ME patient organisation's scientific advisory board...

Trigger warning: suicide. Expressen: Diagnosen förstör Karins liv – Lotte blev helt frisk https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/krim/diagnosen-forstor-karins-liv-lotte-blev-helt-frisk/ Lotte is Norwegian, says that she was cured by the Lightning Process. Article links to and quotes Recovery...

So true! I love Rhodia and Stálogy paper :) My favourite fountain pen for everyday use is Pilot Metropolitan. I use a converter, which makes the pen very easy to refill with bottled ink.

Here's an example of what is being taught at these seminars:

Dr Per Julin writes about the differences between ME and stress-induced fatigue/burnout ("utmattningssyndrom", literally "exhaustion syndrome", which is a separate diagnosis in Sweden), in the latest issue of the medical journal Medicinsk Tidskrift: Nyfiken på Trötthet...

Opinion piece "A healthcare scandal" https://www.vn.se/article/en-vardskandal/

I believe this is the same study, an earlier thread: New MRT Imaging Biomarkers and Treatment With Kinetic Oscillatory Stimulation (KOS) in Nasal Cavity for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)

This was on Swedish TV earlier today (13 min): TV4 Malou Efter 10: Flera ME-sjuka har tagit sina liv - ”Det finns faktiskt mycket att göra” https://www.tv4.se/efter-tio/klipp/flera-me-sjuka-har-tagit-sina-liv-det-finns-faktiskt-mycket-att-g%C3%B6ra-12526936 (I'm too sick, haven't been able to...

A Swedish woman with ME is fundraising to publish a book for children about ME. (I don't know enough about the book project or her as a writer to say whether I would recommend supporting it or not.) https://www.facebook.com/donate/506188676991375/1356556321181376/

Two more articles in Aftonbladet today, with a comment from the Minister for Health and Social Affairs: Socialministern: “Vi ska ha en hälso- och sjukvård i Sverige efter behov” https://www.aftonbladet.se/tv/a/306876/socialministern-vi-ska-ha-en-halso-och-sjukvard-i-sverige-efter-beh ME-sjuka...

This was on a Swedish TV this morning, 10 minutes long: TV4 Nyhetsmorgon: ME-sjuka Alexandra: ”Sjukdomen har tagit bort hela mitt liv” https://www.tv4.se/nyhetsmorgon/klipp/me-sjuka-alexandra-sjukdomen-har-tagit-bort-hela-mitt-liv-12526762 And this, drs Björn Bragée and Anna Lindquist (8 min)...

I, too, would like to know. What if people cancel for a variety of completely different reasons? Maybe being too ill and/or not able to travel, maybe feeling it's not worth going back for whatever reason etc, who knows? Also, he doesn't seem to ever talk about remission or a possible...

Great article in a women's magazine :) (Except that Björn Bragée is claiming that "10-20% recover" :grumpy:) https://www.amelia.se/halsa/halsa/alexandra-lever-med-me-det-ar-en-skitsjukdom-/

I'm not sure what "simple solution" he's referring to,...

Trigger warning: sectioning, death. Rest in peace, Lotta Wirström Fd Karlsson. In her last two Facebook posts she writes about being sectioned against her will after refusing to take a particular kind of anti-depressant she had been prescribed, because the anti-depressant made her severe ME...