Bridget

Have you ever tried the Colgate Wisps?

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Helpful for the bed-times.

Submit Written Testimony Alert!
Tuesday, Feb 10th ONLY!
8am-6pm ET

SB 0392 Long Covid Innovation Grant & Loan Program

Submissions are required to have a my MGA account
NOT required to be a Maryland resident

Please see linked 🧵 for details

#LongCovid

HLT Committee Session, 2/10/2026 YouTube video by MGA - HLT

This exact link
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yyp...

Episode 4: Biomechanical Considerations in Pediatric ME/CFS Blue, white, & yellow background including a photo of Dr. Rowe, a white man with glasses. The @meactmaryland.bsky.social logo is in the bottom right corner A list of objectives for the #meded webinar are included.

Continuing to highlight each episode (and make sure their slides get shared on the early episodes)

Episode 4: Biomechanical Manifestations in Pediatric ME/CFS
YT: tinyurl.com/RoweMECFSped...

#thoracicOutletSyndrome #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis

Alt ID: Graphic in blue/ yellow/ and white sharing info about the upcoming event: Neuroanatomic Considerations in Pediatric ME/CFS with Dr. Peter Rowe on Dec 15th, 2025 at 1 pm ET. It includes a photo of Dr. Rowe The graphic also lists things you will learn and shares that it will be facilitated by @meactmaryland.bsky.social. Those are also listed in this post. #TeachMETreatME logo is in the bottom corner. This series will be available online at Youtube.com/@MEActMaryland #neuroanatomic #neuroanatomy #neuro #neurology #Neurosky #Neuronerds #tinnitus #medsky#meded #medstudent #livedexperience #evidencebased #mecfs #myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #cfs #chronicfatiguesyndrome #pediatric #pediatrics

Neuroanatomical Considerations in Pediatric ME/CFS

Monday, December 15th at 1pm

Dr Peter Rowe's 5th #Evidencebased #Pediatric #MECFS webinar series #MedEd #MedSky

Provider-oriented & patient accessible

#livedexperience panel

Available online at:
Youtube.com/@MEActMaryland

#Neuroanatomy

Community is caregiving.

Sending you all a virtual hug today.

I appreciate you all 💜

Having the intramural study exist is what opens the door to future opportunities in other higher amount grants for ME/CFS. I have no idea what the future holds, but that was a benchmark we needed to hit.

If it wasn't for PEM, I have some ideas on PEM. But, its been a problem over here lately.

I think the best thing I’ve ever done when it comes to my doctors’ appts is creating a FUNCAP timeline.

My husband and I sat down together and filled it out for different points in time.

It paints a clear picture of #MECFS and the dangers of post-exertional malaise.

Deja Blue, a light brown service dog sits in the grass in front of a sign PAWS OFF OUR HEALTHCARE! PAWS OFF OUR RIGHTS! PAWS OFF OUR FREEDOM! #NOKINGS #meactmaryland @meactmaryland.bsky.social #TEAMBLUEZOO

sign with pawprints reading: PAWS OFF OUR HEALTHCARE! PAWS OFF OUR RIGHTS! PAWS OFF OUR FREEDOM! #NOKINGS #meactmaryland @meactmaryland.bsky.social #TEAMBLUEZOO

TeamBlueZoo's cutest member protests for Healthcare reform

Things are so scary, that no dressing up was required
Because the facts are the facts & they look dire
Affordable health care (ACA) has expired
#SaveMedicaid #ADA @meactnet.bsky.social

A character in a costume mask and black cloak is at top of graphic with black background. Text underneath: Don’t Let This Season BE A Horror Story. SAVE ACA! Save MEDICAID!

Let’s be clear. If the federal government doesn't make changes to health care during this shutdown, then a lot of Americans WILL lose access to our healthcare as we know it.

We are joining in coalition with other orgs aimed at protecting Medicaid in FLIPPING the Narrative. We need your help!

ALT-TEXT: smallish Halloween pumpkin sort of adorably decorated (with stick on decorations) black ears, black wings, big huge owl eyes, yellow beak, huge orange flippers

Today is the day after Halloween & this pumpkin is not scary
...
Not like Medicaid cuts are scary for millions of Americans - they're life and death.

#savemedicaid #aca @meactnet.bsky.social

orange fox sits in the middle of the gray screen 2 trees with multi-colored autumnal leaves; one on each side of the screen. @meactmaryland.bsky.social logo bottom right corner Text reads Tues, Nov 4th @7pm Advocacy Meeting **New** Zoom Link in Bio

Tues, Nov 4th @7pm
Advocacy Meeting

**New** Zoom Link in Bio

#MEAction
#Advocacy
#MECFS
#LongCovid

Small fiber neuropathy (SFN) (aka small fiber polyneuropathy)

And Sjogrens (they listed sicca)

Other comorbids (not complete)
Orthostatic intolerance (OI), Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), NMH or vasovagal Syncope

joint hypermobility, Ehlers Danlos Synsrome (EDS)

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS), Eagle syndrome, MALS, Nutcracker, May Thurner,
Chiari, CCI, AAI

Black cat lies on his back

Calico curled up asleep

Tortishell stares at the camera

My three cats

Patient voices were heard! The ADDRESS-LC trial on Bezisterim is now open to those who have been living with Long COVID for more than 2 years. We’re glad to see Biovie’s trial continues to reflect patient + scientific input!

Find a trial site near you: addresslongcovid.com/sites/

Not LC, but was thrilled to see a publication on #mecfs & voice/speech abnormalities
www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/14...

Help needed from LC pals!

The CURE ID survey, where you report meds and supps you’ve tried, is reopening!

If you’ve reported before, they’d love more info on what *didn’t* work for you, and what you’ve tried more recently.

And if you’re new to this, they want you to join in! Overview below:

Communication app in development An app is being developed to help people with ME and Long COVID (and similar) communicate their needs. The developers are requesting input from caregivers. Please fill out the short survey (google doc link below). Your responses will make this app as helpful as possible. ME Communication / Caregiver Survey Thanks for taking the time to help us today! We're creating a simple tool that will help people with ME and Long Covid communicate their needs when speaking is too hard. We'd love your input to make sure it truly helps. If you are a caregiver for a person with ME, this is the survey for you! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfrTu82ubZYeDZZjSKHJUccv0QTq4rDp2OlQpGk8MDuHxThAg/viewform?pli=1 If able, the input of the person with ME you care for is of great value. The link so they can complete the survey People with ME SURVEY HERE.

ME communication/caregiver survey to help with the development of a communication app

Caregiver survey
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

ME patient survey
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#LongCovid #MEcfs

I learned nothing about #MECFS in med school.

Had 1 lecture on #EDS that emphasized how rare it is.

Had 1 lecture mentioning #dysautonomia, nothing on #POTS

Zero on #MCAS

Repeated reminders that patients omit, fib, may not be reliable historians etc.

Granted this was 2 decades ago but 🤷🏻‍♀️

Without fail.

Me: I didn’t do anything extra. Why do I feel like I’m on the edge of the crash?

Husband: Did you check the weather?

I hate the cold and heat intolerance. I have a narrow 10 degree window in which my symptoms drop.

#MECFS

Black background with Blue forget-me-not flower white text reads: Severe M.E. Day August 8th Forget M.E. Not @MEActMaryland.bsky.social Logo bottom left corner

#severeME Day
Aug 8th is a day of Remembrance & a day of amplification

25% of those with #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis are Severe/Very Severe. Trapped in the Dark, the Void, the Wasteland

#SevereMEAwareness
#SevereMEAwarenessDay
#UnitedForME

The one who sees kids is also retiring soon...but he has trained a replacement. She sees adults too, but I'm not sure she's able to take any new patients (because obviously one doc for every person in the DMV is too many).

There's also a functional med who charges a ton in NoVa.

The patches definitely have a fragrance. It is not as bad as many, but still very much there.

I would think any type of "pain cream" could be compounded because they do specialty mixes of all kinds of pain creams (seriously, the combos!) So calling & asking for fragrance free seems reasonable.

"My Body Is No Longer My Own and I am Terrified." Chronic illness is an education in how much every single part of your body matters.

“If I'm asked to do something not on the schedule I think, "How much will this cost me? How much pain will this invite?" Socially speaking, this is nothing short of agony.": buff.ly/MnFdD1A

from elle
#SocialLife #lifestyle #ChronicPain #NEisvoid #ChronicFatigue

I use Belmar in Golden, CO. $67.50 is my $90 LDN price. They contact me about refills.

Hadn't heard about your National Compounder. But I'll add it to my list that I know & rec:
Belmar
Skips (FL)
CareFirst Compounding (NJ)
AgelessRX (has prescribers, if one can't get a local dr to write a script)

Photo of woman (Cynthia Johnson) wearing a jean jacket going across a crosswalk on a red mobility scooter. The back drop behind her is Abbey Road. #MEcfs since 2009 #StandByMEcfs

Scan code for "Financial Stability for Chronically-Ill Advocate" GoFundMe for Cynthia Johnson

Photo of woman with ME/CFS on red and black mobility scooter in front of sign: Third Annual Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS, Saturday, September 7, 2019 (Photo of Cynthia Johnson taken by her son in 2019 at an Open Medicine Foundation event at Stanford. She has suffered from ME/CFS since 2009.)

Please give as you are able today!
Help is so very greatly needed and appreciated.
The sooner that I can raise the rest of the funds, the better for my complicated health issues. It will also allow me to devote more of my very limited energy towards ME/CFS advocacy.
#StandByMEcfs #pwMEcfs since 2009

Extremely fascinating. Looking forward to my brain deciding I can dig into this!!

Cool! 😎

I had meetings this morning with staff from #Oregon senators @wyden.senate.gov & @jeff-merkley.bsky.social as part of @solveme.bsky.social Advocacy Week 😁

Looking forward to some meetings on Thursday with staff from @salinas.house.gov office and other house reps!

#MEcfs #PwME #LongCovid