This illness is sucking the life out of millions of people

[John Mac]

The Birmingham Mail is covering ME Awareness week with this story of a sufferer

Imagine only having enough energy each day to choose between taking a shower or using the toilet.

Think about how painful it must be to be so exhausted that you cannot play with your son or daughter.

Picture your loved on unable to bathe, clothe or feed themselves.

This is the devastating reality of an incurable disease being faced by tens of thousands of people across the UK - an illness that barely gets any funding and that some people ignorantly refuse to accept as real.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/health/illness-sucking-life-out-millions-14611319