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I was diagnosed with ME/CFS in June 2017 after I had glandular fever. I struggle daily with chronic pain and constant nausea. These are just a few of my symptoms. Some days are better than others but it's a constant battle to fight my body and I feel frustrated with always losing! I am not well enough for school and feel sad that I can't be 'normal'! Just 20 mins of studying or reading at home makes me very tired. When I do have better days I still can't do too much otherwise I will be in alot of pain and suffer for it. I am resting and pacing myself but there seems to be no pattern to my illness. 

More research is needed and more than anything I wish people had a better understanding of how we feel and what we’re going through. It’s tough living with a chronic illness that is invisible a lot of the time, and very poorly understood. So often we are going through hell on the inside but we look ok on the outside, so people are completely unaware of how we feel and what we're going through. 

I hope to try and gain as much support and publicity as possible to raise awareness and money for more research. It will be extremely nerve wracking for me as I have always hidden behind my hair but it will be a weight off my shoulders in more ways than one. Less hair to wash!

Thankyou for reading my story and I will be posting pictures after my shaveandsave4ME.

I will also be sending my hair to the

Little Princess Trust

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