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"The charity, reMEmber, for people with ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), has been awarded the grant by the Sussex Community Foundation for its Clinical Network and Children’s Service Project."

The charity has also received a grant of £100 from Haywards Heath Town Council towards its annual ME Awareness Conference.

This year, for the first time, it will be held at Clair Hall in Haywards Heath on Saturday, May 11, at 2.30pm. In past years the conference was held in Burgess Hill.

This year’s conference will celebrate 20 years of reMEmber working on behalf of people who suffer from this chronic illness.
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There will be two expert presenters at the conference, Dr Charles Shepherd and Nina Muirhead who is a surgeon. They are both long-term ME sufferers.
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https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/ne...as-mid-sussex-charity-awarded-5-000-1-8900961

@Graham (might be of interest as is in your neck of the woods)
 
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I went to their conference in 2016 or 17, and am considering going this year if I have the energy. It’s a fair drive from where I live but I would like to hear Dr Muirhead speak.

The conference I went to was very well attended- speakers were Dr Bansal and Dr Shepherd- and well organised. It’s run by Janice and Bill Kent who attend Forward ME. I don’t know their connection with ME.

In the very early days after diagnosis in 2008 I was in touch with them and received a few copies of their magazine Re MEmber. I can’t really recall why I joined AfME instead ( head in hands). I seem to recall there were regular meetings of ReMEmber and it was too far to go regularly.
 
Article in Midsussex times.
Chronic fatigue charity reMEmber's annual conference - all you need to know
I'm surprised they didn't object to the title.

Mid Sussex based charity for people who have ME/chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), reMEmber, is holding its annual ME Awareness Conference at Clair Hall, Haywards Heath on Saturday, May 16.
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ME/CFS is a neurological illness, with symptoms like muscle fatigue and weakness, poor concentration and short term memory, loss of balance and dizziness.

Other symptoms can include irritable bowel problems and chronic pain, and it is thought that one in 200 people in the UK suffer from it.

The causes of it are not fully known, and there is currently no cure, but symptoms often show following an infection - it is thought that infection and stress make the immune system malfunction, so it keeps producing chemicals that prolong flu like symptoms.
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Key speakers at the conference will be Dr Charles Shepherd, medical adviser to the ME Association, Dr Willy Weir of Harley Street, Dr Nina Muirhead who is a surgeon, Dr Amolak Bansal, immunologist from Surrey and Dr Paul Worthley, GP.
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https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/he...s-annual-conference-all-you-need-know-2003415

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it is thought that infection and stress make the immune system malfunction, so it keeps producing chemicals that prolong flu like symptoms.
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huh?
 
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InfiniteRubix said:
Oh no, the link at the bottom is misspelt

Is there anyone from that org to tag here?
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Not sure there are many members. The main thing they do is organise this annual event and turn up to Forward ME afaik.
Have sent them an email alerting them to the error.
Looks as though there is just an extra . after uk which is the problem.
www.remembercfs.org.uk
 
"We can run self-management courses for CFS/ME sufferers – these courses entail a two and a half hour session once a week for six weeks. We have just started half-day sessions on happiness for CFS/ME patients. Please get in touch if your [sic] interested.

Improving understanding of the condition by organising professional presentations for patients and carers. Giving ongoing support and information to patients, carers and professionals.

The Director was a member of the Chief Medical Officer’s Working Group on CFS/ME which has produced best practice guidance for professionals, patients and carers. reMEmber will act as a lobbying organisation to ensure that these recommendations are implemented. The Director is also a member of the Horsham and Mid Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group."​



They were set up by Janice Kent in 1999. Bill and Janice Kent attend Forward-ME meetings. The COM may be a Patron.

I don't know whether they still do, but they used to promote books by Trudie Chalder on their website.


" A leading expert is Dr Amolak Bansal, who has now retired and who has written guidance for doctors “Investigating Unexplained Persistent Fatigue with a Particular Emphasis on CFS/ME” which reMEmber helped to fund. It can be accessed free online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/17/81/email "
 
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Their logo is

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"The Chronic Fatigue Society" !!!!
 
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Dx Revision Watch said:
Their logo is

reMEmber_LogoWeb400_2017_RGB.jpg



"The Chronic Fatigue Society" !!!!
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On the Charity Commission Register, they list their

Interests:

GIVING HELP AND ADVICE TO PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM M.E. (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME) AND THEIR CARERS. THIS INCLUDES CAMPAIGNING FOR BETTER SERVICES, WORKING WITH THE STATUTORY SERVICES TO IMPROVE SEREVICES [sic], RUNNING SELF-MANAGEMENT COURSES, ORGANISING PRESENTATIONS BY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND OTHERS, ISSUING A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER, AND A TELEPHONE HELPLINE.


Charitable objects:

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (CFS), OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (ME), AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO ARRANGE AND, WHERE NECESSARY, FUND THE APPROPRIATE TREATMENT, AND FURTHER TO ASSIST IN THE REHABILITATION OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM CFS/ME


Other names:

REMEMBER (THE CHRONIC FATIGUE SOCIETY) (OLD NAME)
REMEMBER (WORKING NAME)

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So the OLD NAME was registered as "REMEMBER (THE CHRONIC FATIGUE SOCIETY)"

So...why continue to use the term "The Chronic Fatigue Society" in their logo?
 
http://www.remembercfs.org.uk/about-mecfs/

". . . Informed medical opinion is that the infection causes “ripples” in the immune system which make it malfunction. Normally the immune system switches off after an infection has gone but in CFS/ME sufferers it seems to continue producing chemicals that interfere with the nervous and endocrine systems. Typically this results in prolonging the “flu-like” feeling which most CFS/ME sufferers experience frequently; some have it all the time."

Mmmm. No refs for the above statement.


"We can run self-management courses for CFS/ME sufferers – these courses entail a two and a half hour session once a week for six weeks. We have just started half-day sessions on happiness for CFS/ME patients."


I wonder what that involves? And "half-day sessions on happiness" - as in group sessions lasting three hours or so?


"We help people with ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis), also known as CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), to get the best possible treatment and advice to enable them to lead happy and healthy lives. . ."


It all sounds geared towards the mildly affected and those who feel able and receptive to attending half-day "happiness" sessions.
 
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How many renditions of "if you're happy and you know it , clap your hands" and "Oh, I'm H. A. P. P. Y." could a person endure in the space of two and a half hours?

EDIT it all sounds quite "Brave New World"ish. One wonders when the soma gets passed around.
 
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