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I’m not a patient advocate. I’m not an activist. I’m just a patient that shares out of sheer desperation as much about my disease, or…

Please introduce yourself and tell us what kind of doctor you are. GB: Yes, I’m Gitte Boumeester. I’ll turn 45 in October. Until my COVID…

Different CBT in Behavioural Therapy? Clinical psychologists and cognitive behavioral therapists Klaas Huijbregts and Luuk Stronk wrote an interesting yet critical piece the journal Behavioural…

WRITE WITH US Last week three articles about infection-associated chronic illnesses (IACI) were published. One in a newspaper by a doctor who had attended a…

An interesting column inTrouw by physician Bert Keizer about the post-acute infectious syndrome (PAIS) continuing education course he recently attended. Although he clearly picked up…

RECOGNITIION, INSIGHT AND TARGETED CARE IN THE NTVG ABOUT PAIS? Phew. I had secretly hoped to finally see a truly good article in the NTVG.…

M.E. SAYS NO It is now almost 13 years since I last had sex. It feels unreal that it has been that long. I became…

You can’t ignore M.E now. Ignore. Yes, that is what has happened to ME over the past decades. Ignoring the biological nature of the disease,…

I need your help. This cannot go on any longer! On November 30, a protest will take place at the Malieveld in The Hague. This…

Following the NOS coverage of coercion and pressure regarding treatments with CBT/GET and the potential threat of intervention from Veilig Thuis for children with ME,…

I have read the news reports about the opening of long-COVID clinics for children with mixed feelings. On the one hand, I find the stories…

I finally got myself to order a copy of the TV show Spoorloos (Without a Trace 14-05-2001), where I got to meet my mother. It…

This an uncorrected Google translated text from the original Dutch version which you can read here: Boek review “De Achterblijvers” Book review “De Achterblijvers” by…

This a google translated version this response: https://anilvanderzee.com/reactie-trouw-ontzeg-patienten-met-long-covid-niet-bij-voorbaat-de-fysio/ PEM is new!! My response to one piece in Trouw written by pulmonologistsJoost van den Aardweg, Harm…

An interview with #NIETHERSTELD for severe ME day. It was a very special experience for me to be able to speak so extensively about severe…

It’s the first day of M.E. Awareness Month 2023. It’s not only a month to make others aware of this debilitating disease. It also serves…

  This is a Google translated version.  In the Dutch Journal of Medicine (NTvG) is an article published by Huijbregts et al. It is about…

I’ve always feared HIV/AIDS. I’ve always been inspired by ACTUP.

Stunned by the passivity in regards to HIV/AIDS, ME and now LongCovid despite the immense suffering.

Check out my blog about activism, fighting back, love and revolutionizing medicine.

Patients with a disease like ME are by some considered “difficult” patients. Not only because of the fact that they might be hard to treat, but difficult as a person. All kinds of character traits have been assigned to patients that suffer from diseases like ME. Some practitioners almost seem to hate their patients. I’ve always wondered how it got to this point. Are these really the characteristics of patients with a disease like ME? Is this exclusively for a disease like ME? Are there likely ways to improve communication?

We are in a crisis! A pandemic! The coronavirus is spreading. It’s frightening. Will I be infected? My friends? And most importantly how will it affect us? The uncertainty of the unknown is probably the most unsettling of the whole situation. Especially for someone with an underlying health condition.