Name: Ivana Andrade Age: 34 Pronouns: she/her Home: São Paulo, Brazil Sick for: 10 years I've always felt more tired than other people, but was led to believe for many years that this was laziness or depression. At some point in my life I had mononucleosis but we don't know…
Name: Mlindeni Gabela Pronouns: he/him Age: 41 years old Home: Cape Town, South Africa Sick for: 4 years After I was hospitalised by COVID-19 in 2020, I developed Long Covid and was diagnosed with ME 2 years later. I lost my job as a mixer in an industrial bakery as…
Name: Mieko Shinohara Age: 66 Pronouns: she/her Home: Tokyo, Japan Sick for: 33.5 years I fell ill while studying in the US and was diagnosed with ME one and a half years after experiencing flu-like symptoms and extremely high EBV antibody levels. My current capacity is less than 5% of…