Sharon’s story
Pembrokeshire-based WAMES Volunteer Coordinator Sharon Williams caught the Epstein Barr Virus at the age of 17, while studying for A levels and representing Wales at gymnastics. She was ill for 20 years but managed to continue to study and then work part time and eventually improved enough to be able to run a successful foreign language school.
After a severe relapse in 2012, her symptoms lessened for a few years but they have partly returned since the COVID jabs. She says “Living with a chronic physical illness day in day out for decades is hard, especially knowing that there is no treatment or cure. But suffering with an invisible illness and having people doubt its validity is even harder. ME affects people not only physically with a wide range of unpleasant symptoms, but also emotionally, financially and socially.”
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