ME/CFS help us.

I have had M.E. for over 10 years now - much of this time I have spent bedridden, sometimes in a dark room unable to tolerate light or sound, dizzy and nauseaous ina great deal of pain. I have improved but, unfortunately not enough to to have a job. Believe me I have spent thousands on alternative treatments - I reamian horribly unwell.

There are up to 250,000 people with this illness in Britain - more than those with MS, AIDS and Parkinsons disease - yet many ME sufferers are just as disabled as people with these illnesses.

The new Welfare Bill is a very frightening prospect to myself and thousands of others in my position - we are already feeling the stress of it.

Because of this I am asking you, if you feel able to,to sign this e-petition on behalf of myself and up to 250,000 other people with this horrible illness who have been battling with prejudice as a result of the massive influence the psychiatric lobby has had on the way ME/CFS patients have been treated, we would all be very grateful.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ME-is-real/

Please also pass this on to your friends and colleagues.

If you would like to know more about why this petitionn is necessay please read.

http://www.meactionuk.org.uk/HOOPER_CONCERNS_ABOUT_A_COMMERCIAL_CONFLICT_OF_INTEREST.htm

and

[link= http://www.erythos.com/gibsonenquiry/Report.html ]http://www.erythos.com/gibsonenquiry/Report.html[/link]

At last researchers are beginning to find proof that it is a serious physiological illness, yet the new NICE guideline is still recommending that it be treated as a 'psychological' disorder and the DWP are recommending that people not be paid the benefits they are entitled to.

The CDC (Centre for Disease Control) in America has recently lauched a campaign stating clearly that the debate about ME/CFS being a psychological problem should now be over - yet in the UK we are still fighting for basic recognition that we are a group of people who are often so unwell that we can't leave our houses or sometimes our beds for months or years on end, and for money to be aimed at medical research rather than psychological 'treatments' that at best are useless and at worse cause serious harm to sufferers.

Many Thanks.
Joss