2026-10-16 18:50 UTC
It's hard for healthy people to imagine what this is like...I spent about 2 years almost 100% bedbound and it is hell. Showered about once every 10 days because that's all that my energy budget allowed.
Some people in this severely ill state experience partial spontaneous recovery but some certainly do not.
Headline: Former Olympic sprinter in bed 22 hours a day with ME/CFS.
#MEcfs #disability
https://athleticsweekly.com/news/beth-dobbin-i-feel-like-ive-lost-everything-1040013690/
Replies (3)
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@ArrowbearMoore@toad.social 2026-10-16 19:52
@brianvastag@mas.to Wife's on this rollercoaster 11+ years - bedbound-housebound-step outside-bedbound. Hell of a spectator sport - just watching life go by. Heartbreaking.
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@datum@zeroes.ca 2026-10-16 20:00
@tomkindlon@disabled.social perhaps ☝️ is one you'd like to share
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@ProcessParsnip@mastodon.ie 2026-10-16 20:01
@brianvastag@mas.to I really appreciate her using her platform, she's right that it's harder to dismiss a young athlete becoming disabled from COVID. I wish the article hadn't ended with past-tensing the panny.