Last year I mentioned that some difficult things were happening in my life.

My mother, who fought cancer for over two years, passed away in mid-October. She was a huge support during my battle with ME/CFS. The last few years have been tough for us.

Enjoying tea from my favorite passive-aggressive British mug, which carries the marks of torture by the dishwasher, on a sunny day in the garden. ☀️⛱️ On days like this, I miss the English "summers" when it never got much warmer than 20°C. 🥹

This study claims that sedentary and active individuals have the same energy burn rate. The difference is that in the case of sedentary individuals, the excess energy is used by a hyperactive immune system, while in people who exercise, the immune journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

Today #BloomScrolling : peppermint - not spectacular but tasty.

Recovery has been a rollercoaster, but today was one of the best days in years. ✌️

#bloomscrolling

#bloomscrolling

A rose in the garden 😁

To please Trump, they have to say the most bizarre things... 😂👇

🧐 So so, "Zuverlässige Evidenz", aber GET bei #MECFS empfehlen. 😱

This interesting paper links vitamin B, gut microbiota, neuroinflammation, and Parkinson's disease. Vitamin B issues are also common in #MECFS.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

During the US elections I shared a lot of tweets in support of the Democrats, but almost no one paid attention. I see that people are starting to care about the situation in the US because they understand that it will affect them in Europe too - too late, enjoy 4 years of madness

38 years ago: "Exercise should never be undertaken where M.E. is suspected as this worsens all symptoms".

(From "Royal Free 1955" @rfh1955.bsky.social on the other platform)

Es ist wichtig, #MECFS so schnell wie möglich zu erkennen und zu diagnostizieren, um weitere Schäden zu verhindern. Deshalb muss in der Bevölkerung ein Bewusstsein dafür geschaffen werden, wie sich #MECFS im Frühstadium äußert.
#mecfsAufklärungswinter
www.mecfs.de/mecfsaufklae...

To clarify: For the ME/CFS study with BC007, the University of Erlangen received funding of 800.000€ from the Bavarian state (the press release appears to no longer be available online) and 274,000€ from the BC007 fundraising campaign (see wir-fordern-forschung.org/en/).

BC updated their pipeline: Long Covid, heart failure, glaucoma, sinus bradycardia, and no ME/CFS. 🤔

www.berlincures.com/en/bc-007-pi...